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CHADIS Release 9
Baltimore, MD: 13 October 2007 — We are pleased to announce a
new version of CHADIS with some exciting new features! Some of the most
important
new features are listed below.
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M-CHAT Follow-Up Questions
There are often disorder-specific templates in Electronic Medical Records. CHADIS
is the first system that provides the capacity to use a template which is not
only specific to a condition, but also addresses individual issues of a patient/parent.
It allows for refinement and immediate re-scoring of questionnaires completed
by the parent using clinician input. This CHADIS release provides the first
example of this technology in an application for use in early autism detection.
The use of the structured follow-up interview process has previously been shown
by the M-CHAT autism screening and detection research team (Kleinman, et al,
in press, 2007) to reduce the over-referral rate by as much as 85% through
follow-up contact by trained clinicians without an electronic aid... This new
feature allows both the initial and follow-up screening to be done during the
same primary care visit, decreasing both time, anxiety and valuable referral
resources. |
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Customizable visit types.
In addition to the two prior options for auto-assignment of questionnaires (Well-Child
and Developmental-Behavioral visit), CHADIS now allows you to request the creation
of customized visit types. You can now best represent your own practice culture
with groups of assigned questionnaires you know are most appropriate for your
patients and their visit types. Here are samples of some requests we have had
in the past: "initial developmental and behavioral visit", "follow-up
developmental and behavioral visit", "headache and recurrent abdominal
pain visit", and many more. |
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Improved respondent password reset function.
We have now made the interface for your staff to reset a respondent's password
easier to use. |
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