How's your brain to-day?
July 8th 2008 19:43
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OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions will work with Brain Resource to provide clinicians with a Web-based assessment that measures general cognition (how people process information) and social cognition (how people manage their emotions). This 40-minute assessment is based on well-known and validated tests of memory, attention, executive function, and response speed, and mood, social skills and emotional resilience. Once the assessment is completed, within seconds, it is compared with thousands of profiles in the Brain Resource International Database – the largest international database quantifying individual differences in brain function. Based on these scores, a set of “decision rules” automatically recommends the most appropriate treatment for the client. The doctor is provided this “decision-support” for their final treatment considerations.
When used by trained clinicians as a tool that is part of the total spectrum of health care, this unique information can be helpful in the treatment decision-making process in several ways. The results could help a physician select the appropriate class of medication for someone who is depressed or determine when psychotherapy might be helpful for that patient. For children, the assessment can provide more insight into attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and appropriate treatment options for the individual.
“The partnership of OptumHealth and Brain Resource begins the transformation of mental health services to more personalized medicine with recommendations tailored to individuals’ functioning,” Bayer said. “It continues our application of ever-more effective interventions to improve our member’s health and well-being.”
OptumHealth will incorporate the Brain Resource assessment as a part of its core products to help clinicians identify at-risk patients, select the most effective treatment, provide direct measurement of treatment outcomes and encourage patients to engage with providers and take better care of their mental health. Participation in the assessment will be completely voluntary and results will – as with other OptumHealth member information – be used in accordance with all privacy laws and in the proper professional contexts.
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