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Welcome to the ACORN COMMONS

Collaborative Outcomes Measurement and Management Online Networking Solution

The ACORN Organization, Inc is a private non-profit organization incorporated in Utah and exclusively devoted to scientific and educational purposes; more specifically to:

  • 1) encourage the use of client/patient completed outcome measures in behavioral health care and related fields.
  • 2) maintain a TWiki site to provide information, foster collaboration, and offer support for organizations and individuals launching and nurturing outcomes informed care initiatives.
  • Disclaimer: This organization has nothing to do with the politically controversial Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
  • Disclaimer: Content on ACORN is created by the community of registered users. The ACORN Organization sponsorship of this site is not an endorsement of the content or a guarantee of its accuracy.

The COMMONS has been online since November, 2006 and is still very much evolving. Click here for the Wikipedia definition of commons . For the ACORN policy regarding copyrighted information see the topic CopyrightCopyleft.

Click here to learn about the: ACORN Outcome Questionnaires

Click here to learn about the: ACORN Clinician's Decision Support Toolkit

Other topics of Interest

  • What's New?
    • Brief summaries of research published in the past 12 months plus updates of projects by ACORN affiliated organizations.

  • Outcomes Informed Care: An Overview
    • Outcomes informed care is the practice of integrating routine outcomes measurement into clinical practice and using the information to improve outcomes. The paper summarizes the research associated with this approach to providing and managing care.

  • Outcomes Measurement
    • The OutcomesMeasurement web contains a growing list of topics related to measuring, evaluating and improving treatment outcomes. This web, which is available to all COMMONS visitors, serves as a self-guided tutorial and a ready reference for terms and concepts related to outcomes measurement and management.

Organization Specific Webs

Organizations may maintain their own webs within the ACORN COMMONS. These webs foster collaboration and sharing of ideas within the organizations. The ACORN TWiki platform permits an organization to designate all or part of the content within its web as secure, accessible only by registered users with authorization to view that web. The following webs may be viewed by any visitor to ACORN.

The find out how to create a secure COMMONS web for your organization, contact jebbrown@clinical-informatics.com.

COMMONS Web Utilities

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