Synthesis, Inc

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What is Cluster-Based Planning and Outcomes Management (C-POM)tm? C-POM is a systematic process that facilitates clinical practice, evaluation, planning, quality improvement, and decision-making. The process is based on the understanding that large groups of people (e.g. adults with severe mental disabilities, youth with mental health needs, or adult substance abusers) cannot be treated as if all the individuals were members of a single homogeneous group. Instead within these populations there are distinct subgroups or Clusters. Cluster-Based Planning identifies these subgroups and describes each in such a way that the information can be used as the basis for treatment or program planning, and management of your agency. Clinical experience and continuing research confirm that the members of different clusters typically receive different types and intensities of services and that the associated costs differ by cluster. In addition, rather than using the same "yardstick" to measure success for each group, treatment goals/outcomes should be different for each cluster. Even when individuals in different clusters are pursuing the same long-term recovery goals, their more immediate challenges and pathways are likely to be different. By clearly describing these clusters, identifying and measuring targeted outcomes for each group, and tracking services and costs by cluster, C-POM provides key information to answer the question: What Works, For Whom, and At What Cost? A Cluster is a subgroup of a larger clinical population that shares common strengths, problems, treatment histories, social and environmental contexts, and/or life situations.

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