Implementation and Outcomes of a Core Assessment Battery in Pennsylvania First-Episode Psychosis Coordinated Specialty Care Programs
Monica E. Calkins, PhD
Co-Director, Pennsylvania Early Intervention Center/PEIC/HeadsUp
Associate Director, Penn Psychosis Evaluation and Recovery Center
Description: Pennsylvania first-episode psychosis (FEP) coordinated specialty care (CSC) programs implemented a state-wide core assessment battery for program evaluation in January 2017. Fourteen CSC programs and 858 individuals experiencing FEP have participated in standard computerized measures of CSC outcomes using centralized informatics. In January 2021, efforts expanded as part of our collaboration and harmonization with the Connection Learning Health System (Connection LHS) hub of the Early Psychosis Intervention Network (EPINET). This talk will discuss opportunities, challenges, and outcomes of the Pennsylvania program evaluation experience.