If a patient is enrolled in BHI, it may be handy to complete a screening test for some of the most common mental health conditions patients tend to struggle with. A screening assessment can be a helpful tool to help judge how much a condition is affecting a patient's everyday life. Keep reading to learn how to complete a screening test for a BHI patient.

Note: ThoroughCare's Screening test is not the same as a Care Plan, although it may look similar to a care plan assessment.

From the dashboard, select the search bar near the top of the screen and type the patient's First name, Last name, or EHR ID. Once the patient's name or EHR ID is typed click "Enter" on the keyboard to search.

Once the patient search page loads, select the patient EHR ID or Name to navigate to the Patient View Page.

Once on the patient view page, ensure the patient is enrolled in the BHI program. This can be confirmed by clicking on the "Care Management" tab, and then the "BHI" tab within that page.

If the patient is not yet enrolled in BHI, click on the blue "Enroll" button on the BHI tab.

Once you click "Enroll", a pop-up titled "BHI Enrollment Status for [Patient Name]". Use the drop-down to update the patient's enrollment status.
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Once you select "Active", fill out the required fields and click "Save" to confirm enrollment in BHI.

Note: If the patient is already enrolled in BHI, you do not need to do the previous step, you can continue straight to the assessment.

Navigate to the "Assessments/Screenings" tab.

You'll arrive at a screen titled "BHI Screening", where you'll begin the assessment. Click on "Start New Screening Assessment" on the right hand side to begin.

At the beginning of the assessment, you'll have the option to choose which "screeners" you want to use in the assessment.

Select the relevant ones for your purposes and the questions will populate below. Two screeners were selected for this example (PHQ-9 and CAGE).

Proceed to answer the questions, and note the timer on the top right of the screen that marks the duration of your assessment. Additionally, you'll see a blue progress bar at the top along with smaller progress bars on the left hand side.

These bars indicate your overall progress through the entire assessment and your progress through the specific screeners, respectively.

Once the screening populates, begin answering the questions shown for the patient. Mark the answers of the questions by clicking the corresponding radio bubbles to select.

Once all questions on the page are answered, click the "Finalize Assessment" button at the bottom of the page.

Note: If you wish to take a break from this assessment and finish it later, click on the "Finish Later" button on the top right of the assessment.

After the screening has been finished, the results of the screening assessment will automatically be populated under the "Screening Assessments" table.

In the example below, the user only completed the Depression (PHQ-9) and Alcohol (CAGE) screenings, so only those scores will be populated.

Judging on the patient's score, a Care Manager can make recommendations to the patient in regards to managing conditions that are significantly affecting the patient's day-to-day life.

If the user needs a record of the screening assessment simply click the "Download PDF" button located underneath the "Actions" column of the table.

Once clicked, a green toaster notification will display stating that the report is being generated.

When the report is ready, a green toaster notification stating "Your report is ready" will appear in the upper-right of the user's ThoroughCare screen. Click on the notification to view and download the report.

Your browser should then open a PDF file of the report in another tab and download the report to your device.

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