What are the GuidingCare® Assessments by HealthEdge?

GuidingCare® by HealthEdge provides 280 evidence-based clinical and health status assessments designed for comprehensive care management. These assessments are available out-of-the-box or can be highly customized to meet the specific regulatory and cost-management needs of health plans.

By leveraging the GuidingCare platform, health plans can transform their care management strategies. According to industry benchmarks for 2022, integrating comprehensive digital assessments allows payer organizations to seamlessly address chronic disease prevalence, optimize cost management, and improve overall member satisfaction.

How do Alcohol Disorder Assessments work in GuidingCare?

GuidingCare offers advanced screening tools to evaluate alcohol consumption, identify hazardous behaviors, and support clinical treatment planning. These tools are critical for early intervention and behavioral health management.

What is the Alcohol Reduction Assessment? 

This tool provides an evaluation of causes, family history, diagnosis, treatment, medication management, willingness to quit, specialist involvement, behavioral therapies, complications, support groups, and counseling.

How is the AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) utilized?

As a screening tool consisting of 10 items, the AUDIT is used to precisely assess alcohol-consumption patterns, drinking behaviors, and alcohol-related problems.

What is the purpose of the AUDIT-C for Alcohol Use?

AUDIT-C is a streamlined three-item alcohol screen that helps identify members who are hazardous drinkers or have active alcohol use disorders (including alcohol abuse or dependence). This helps to proactively identify at-risk drinkers (e.g., binge drinking) who may not be completely alcohol dependent.

When should the CAGE-AID Questionnaire be administered?

The CAGE-AID assessment is a substance abuse screening that focuses specifically on questions regarding the behavioral effects of drinking or drug use.

What tools are available for Alzheimer's Disease Management?

Health plans use GuidingCare’s Alzheimer's assessments to evaluate disease staging, functional independence, and lifestyle modifications, enabling targeted support for aging populations.

What does the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment & Treatment cover?

It evaluates stages, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, medication management, rehabilitative therapies, complications, hospitalizations and ER visits, depression, comorbidities, and follow-ups.

How does the Alzheimer's Disease Rehab & Lifestyle Modification tool help?

This assessment provides member evaluation and education on BMI, deaddiction, exercises, diet, activity restrictions, Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), financial assistance, advance directives, and support groups.

What is the Functional Activities Questionnaire for Alzheimer's Disease?

The Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ) serves as a critical screening tool for evaluating a member's independence regarding ADLs.

Why use the Physical Self-Maintenance Scale for Alzheimer's Disease?

Developed to gauge disability in elderly individuals currently in a community or institution, this scale is used for planning and assessing treatment. Items in the scale specifically target observable behaviors.

How does HealthEdge support Anemia Assessment and Treatment?

GuidingCare Anemia assessments focus on identifying root causes, managing medications, and implementing lifestyle modifications to improve blood health and reduce costly ER visits.

What is included in the Anemia Assessment & Treatment?

This assessment focuses on the evaluation of types, causes, risk factors, family history, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, medication management, complications, hospitalizations and ER visits, depression, and regular follow-ups.

What does the Anemia Rehab & Lifestyle Modification tool track?

It facilitates member assessment and education of precautionary measures, BMI, diet, exercises, deaddiction, stress management, social support, and advance directives.

What Anxiety Disorder Assessments does GuidingCare provide?

To address the rising need for mental health support, GuidingCare offers both comprehensive evaluations and ultra-short diagnostic instruments to detect and manage anxiety and panic disorders.

How is the Anxiety Disorders Assessment & Treatment structured?

It evaluates types, causes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, medication management, rehabilitative therapies, hospitalizations and ER visits, depression, complications, and comorbidities.

What is the focus of Anxiety Disorders Rehab & Lifestyle Modification?

This tool provides member assessment and education regarding BMI, deaddiction, exercises, diet, stress management, financial assistance, and support groups.

When is the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD 2) tool used?

The Generalized Anxiety Disorder two-item (GAD-2) is a very brief and easy-to-perform initial screening tool for generalized anxiety disorder. The first two questions of the GAD-7 make up the GAD-2, allowing it to function as an ultra-short diagnostic instrument.

What does the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD 7) measure?

The Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7) is a seven-item instrument designed to diagnose Generalized anxiety disorder. Although the GAD-7 was designed to detect generalized anxiety disorder, it is fairly accurate for identifying panic, social anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorders.