July 1, 2019: Outcome Measure collection requirements for PEI funded EBPs change on July 1, 2019, which affect all Early Intervention Evidence Based Practices (EBP’s), Promising Practices (PP’s), and Community Defined Evidence Practices (CDE’s). The "general" measures, Youth Outcome Questionnaire (YOQ) and Youth Outcome Questionnaire Self Report (YOQ-SR), will not be collected for any practices except for Functional Family Therapy (FFT). The Outcome Questionnaire 45.2 (OQ) will continue to be collected for Crisis Oriented Recovery Services (CORS) and Stepped Care (SC) only.

• See the Early Interventions Practice Memo 7-1-2019 for detailed information on the changes to outcome measure collection requirements.
• See the PEI Outcome Measures Table 7-1-2019 for the new outcome measure collection requirements.

July 1, 2018: Outcomes data collection protocols for several MHSA prevention programs require the completion of surveys that assess a decrease in risk factors and an increase in protective factors and gathers state required demographic information.  For more information and to access these surveys, please visit the Prevention Program Surveys page.

November 2, 2015: MHSA Implementation and Outcomes Division will be hosting a series of webinar booster trainings on updated DSM-5 versions of trauma measures. For information on trainings and instructions on how to get these measures (PTSD-RI-5, PCL-5), please visit the DSM-5 Trauma Measures page.

February 9, 2015: PEI OMA Version 1.5 was released to collect data for MAP, TF-CBT, and Triple P. For more information, please visit the CIBHS (formerly CiMH) page.

December 23, 2014: MHSA Implementation and Outcomes Division’s PEI team released the inaugural issue of “A Closer Look”, a publication that dives into the wonderful world of outcome measures. For more information please visit the PEI Publication page.

January 6, 2014: Debbie Innes-Gomberg released a major announcement about the end of CiMH services related to collecting Outcomes for Triple P, MAP and TF-CBT for PEI-funded clients. Read that memo here: CiMH PEI Data Memo.pdf.

July 10, 2013: PEI OMA version 1.3 has been released. It feature one important change to dates and deadlines, and a number of smaller changes that are specific to a few EBP’s.

• The 14 day window has been expanded to 21 days. Until now, Pre and Post Questionnaires were due on the Date of First (or Last) session, or within 14 days. From now on, there is a 21 Day Window around the due date Pre Questionnaires can be done up to 7 days before Date of First Session, on the Date of First Session, or up to 14 days after the Date of First Session. Post Questionnaires can be done up to 7 days before Date of Last Session, on the Date of Last Session, or up to 14 days after the Date of Last Session. 
• The Provider List page will now show all the providers a user is associated with, and the “Search Active Clients” button now reads “Show Active Clients.”
• PEI OMA – Practice Specific Changes
• Removed Practice – Early Detection and Intervention for Prevention of Psychosis (EDIPP)
• Changed Specific Questionnaire requirements for Practice – Caring for Our Families (CFOF). For clients with Date of First session on or after 12/01/12, the Specific Questionnaire required for CFOF is changed to ECBI/SESBI. General Questionnaires remain unchanged
• Change Specific Questionnaire requirement for Practice – Loving Intervention Family Enrichment (LIFE). For clients with Date of First session on or after 12/01/12, the Specific Questionnaire required for LIFE is changed to ECBI/SESBI. General Questionnaires remain unchanged.
• MHIP OMA Related Changes
• Changed Unable to Collect reasons for Practice – Mental Health Integration Program (MHIP):
• Add “Therapist did not administer tool
• Add “Client in crisis
• Remove “Admin date exceeds range
• Remove “Administered wrong forms 
• Added confirmation message for Mental Health Integration Program (MHIP). A confirmation message will appear prior to closing an MHIP treatment cycle when EBP Completed=Yes.
• Added new Disposition for Mental Health Integration Program (MHIP) when EBP Completed=No:
• Add “Change in focus of treatment”
• Modified requirement to open treatment cycle for Practice – Mental Health Integration Program (MHIP). Only one treatment cycle can be opened for MHIP services at any given time regardless of focus of treatment (Depression/Anxiety/Trauma).

May 1, 2013: We have completed the rollout of several important changes to the PEI OMA. This is a not a full version update, but we are adding many elements that users have been waiting for such as new practices (PEARLS, PATHS and so on), new questionnaires (DERS and FAD), and data table corrections (such as the score ranges for the PHQ-9 in MHIP). Most users will not notice any obvious changes to the software aside from the addition of EBP’s. The following list includes the updates that will take effect immediately:

• Practices Added:
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
• Families OverComing Under Stress (FOCUS)
• Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) – Anxiety
• Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) – Depression
• Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) – Trauma
• Problem Solving Therapy (PST)
• Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives for Seniors (PEARLS)
• Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS)
• Questionnaires Added:
• Difficulties in Emotional Regulation Scale (DERS)
• McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD)
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7)
• Focus Added:
• Emotional Dysregulation Difficulties
• Corrections:
• Remove BASIS-24 for all practices
• Remove PTSD-RI for Prolonged Exposure (PE)
• Change subscale label for PTSD-RI scales to PTSD Severity Score/Total Score
• Change minimum score to 0 for PHQ-9 in MHIP

June 28, 2012: DMH rolled out the MHIP (Mental Health Integration Program) as an EBP in the PEI OMA. Existing PEI OMA users are expected to go through MHIP Data Entry Training before they begin tracking outcomes for MHIP. For any questions or concerns regarding MHIP, please contact Robert Levine (213) 381-8064. Outcome measures used for MHIP include: Generalized Anxiety Disorder – 7 (GAD-7); Patient Health Questionnaire – 9 (PHQ-9); PTSD Checklist-Civilian (PCL-C)

November 29, 2011: PEI OMA Version 1.1 released today. This new version of the PEI OMA adds the Revised Behavior Problem Checklist (RBPC) which is now associated to Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT), Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT), and the Strengthening Families Program (SFP). One new feature is the ability to choose one of two respondents for the RBPC. The system will display two copies of the questionnaires (RBPC – Parent and RBPC – Teacher), but only one can be entered. Once the scores are entered and saved for an RBPC questionnaire, the alternative questionnaire will be hidden for the life of that treatment cycle.

• For more on Version 1.1, please see the Application Release Notes_11302011.pdf
• And read about how the RBPC works in RBPC_Now_Available.pdf