Key concepts

The Getting Started Guide intended audience is developers tasked with understanding the functionality of the OpenFIT API. The end-users of OpenFIT are typically Clinicians or Clinical Supervisors who are tasked with gathering feedback in the form of Outcome Measurements/Surveys from Patients.

The OpenFIT Surveys and Analytics API can be integrated into almost any Case Management System, Electronic Health Record or eMental Health system. Many of the Entities below will already be familiar to you from your existing Clinical Record System.

Key OpenFIT Entities

Client

A Client represents a person using mental or behavioral health services supplied by your agency. Also can be called a Service user or Patient in your clinical records system.

Episode

An Episode represents a period of time during which a Client is receiving treatment. One or more Clients can be ssociated with a single Episode, for example in a Group therapy or Family therapy setting. Episode's can be called a Case or Dossier in your clinical records system.

Session

A Session represents usage of the service offerings of your agency and can be Face to face counselling, telephone support or online eMental health services. Sessions are often called Appointments in other clinical record systems.

Survey

A survey is a general term for the PROMS/ROMS (Patient Reported Outcome Measures/Routine Outcome Measures) that are captured in OpenFIT such as the FIT measures or PHQ. For the project the measures looked at include the ORS and SRS. The ORS (Outcome rating scale) is a measure of the clients self reported progress in treatment. The SRS (Session rating scale) is a measure of the clients alliance with the clinician/provider.