Outcome Management provides the ability for agencies to configure and run multiple types of assessment to identify client needs. An assessment definition is a type of assessment which can be used by an agency to develop different assessments, for example, Caregiver Strength and Needs Assessment, Safety Assessment, Child Strength and Needs Assessment, and Self Sufficiency Assessments.
A configuration setting that shapes the way the assessment data is collected and the assessment results are determined is specified for each assessment definition. Intelligent Evidence Gathering (IEG) is used to collect data in the form of a question script and Cúram Decision Assist (CDA) or a Cúram Eligibility (CER) rule set can be used to determine the assessment results.
There are several other configuration settings such as whether the setting of priority factors is applicable to an assessment, whether reassessment is allowed and various settings that govern how the assessment results are displayed. The administrator can also specify whether the assessment is used to assess a group or household of clients or to assess clients individually. Assessing a group of clients means that questions are asked once and apply to the entire group and a result is displayed for the group. Assessing clients individually means that questions are asked of each client (if there is more than one client being assessed) and a result is displayed for each client.