Setting up Determination Configurations for an Assessment Configuration

One or more determination configurations can be related to an assessment configuration. This depends on the Stand Alone indicator value configured for a determination configuration. See section 3.2.1 for more details on this indicator.

More than one determination configuration has to be set up for an assessment configuration to support the following scenarios:

• When the client has to be assessed for multiple problems. For example, a client may have an asthma medical condition as well as a sleeping disorder. Assessment of the impact of both these conditions on the client's lifestyle is carried out through two determinations, one for asthma and the other for sleeping disorder. This involves relating determinations configurations of the same type to an assessment.
• When the final decision of the assessment depends upon a sequence of determination steps. For example, for a disability benefit assessment, the level of disability has to be determined before deciding on the level of care required. So two determinations, disability and needs, are configured for the disability benefit assessment. In this case, determinations of two different types have to be related to the assessment.

While multiple determination configurations can be associated with an assessment configuration in the Decision Assist Administration component, this functionality is not yet supported in determination-based assessments. When a determination-based assessment is created for a client, only one determination can be run at a time, multiple determinations cannot be created. So in order to successfully run a determination-based assessment, only one determination configuration should be associated with each assessment configuration.