Summary of DATIS consultative discussion with the Health Data Branch:
- Pre-Entry services should be reported in the treatment functional centre of the staff providing the service.
- Information requests are Not to be reported as SPI or SPGI, regardless if the agency staff members are Administrative or Clinical and regardless if the client is anonymous or not. Please note even though Information Request will not be reported in OHRS reports, DATIS continues to collect this information and report in the PR 07/PR 07S and other Catalyst reports.
- Catalyst Activity Log implications: When selecting the Activity Type of Pre-Entry Services, DATIS will populate the functional centre field with MOH functional centres that each agency is funded for instead of Information and Referral Services FCs 725707811 and 725707812 when the MOH button is selected. If the non-MOH button is selected, the non-MOH functional centres will be populated for selection.
EXCEPTION: There is no Functional Centre for Information Request even if it is selected and the MOH box is unselected; the selection list option will be null.
Pre-Entry Services Reporting
Activity | Functional Centre | Reported in OHRS | Reported in other Catalyst reports? |
Information Request | Null: No Functional Centre for this Activity | Not Reported in OHRS | Yes |
Intake | Treatment functional centre of the staff providing the service | If duration of the session >=6 minutes | Yes |
Screening | Treatment functional centre of the staff providing the service | If duration of the session >=6 minutes | Yes |
Crisis | Treatment functional centre of the staff providing the service | If duration of the session >=6 minutes | Yes
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Outreach | Treatment functional centre of the staff providing the service | If duration of the session >=6 minutes | Yes
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For an agency that reports Information request activities, these will no longer be reported in OHRS reports as per the direction from the Health Data Branch.
Pre-Entry Services Definitions
Activities and decision-making steps, which underlie the process by which someone obtains information about and/or enters the addiction treatment system. Includes:
- Information Request: a request for information about agency programs, the treatment system, or other issues, made by a person from the community, a staff member from another agency, or another professional
- Intake: contact with a person to determine whether he or she is eligible for agency services, to register the client into the agency, and to orient the client to services available at the agency
- Screening: a brief process that collects information in only enough detail to determine the client''s immediate needs and to provide direction for next steps in the assessment/treatment process. The screening process can also provide information to clients, which assists clients in clarifying their own position regarding next steps. Screening may occur in an individual or group format.
- Outreach: taking proactive steps to identify and connect with potential clients in the client''s environment; to engage people who are at risk or have substance abuse or gambling problems. For example, schools, high risk neighbourhoods, raves, shopping malls
- Crisis: immediate response to people in crisis through easy access that provides practical substance abuse and/or problem gambling assistance, support, advice or attention to urgent medical, psychosocial and/or basic needs
