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Advanced Analytics & Patient Outcomes in Applied Behavior Analysis

Thursday, December 14, 2023
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (EST)

Hosted on Zoom

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Advanced Analytics & Patient Outcomes in Applied Behavior Analysis

Abstract

Patients, their caregivers, and payers often want to know exactly what they will get when receiving ABA and how long it will last. They also often want to know how they can identify ABA providers who are better at providing ABA services than other providers. However, the complexity of ABA service delivery and idiosyncratic intervention and goal design make answering questions around patient outcomes challenging.

In this presentation, we review categories of quality measurement stakeholders often seek and how advanced analytics (e.g., statistical modeling, machine learning) allow us to answer questions about patient outcomes.

Specifically, we show one way that ABA providers and payers can model and predict patient outcomes as a function of each patient’s unique clinical profile. From there, all stakeholders can identify which patients are making progress above, at, or below expectations so that relevant action can be taken accordingly.

Further, as outcome measures gain adoption, advanced analytics offer opportunities for bringing applications of artificial intelligence to bear on ABA such as ABA hours/dosage recommender systems, patient-provider matching, treatment pathway analysis, and dynamic treatment recommender systems to optimize patient outcomes.

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe the three types of quality measures and provide examples from ABA.
  2. Describe three methods for identifying patient profiles to account for clinical severity in analytics of patient outcomes.
  3. Describe how advanced analytics allow for predicting patient outcomes in ABA that can inform conversations around quality measurement, provider comparisons, and improved clinical decision-making.

This webinar offers 1.5 BACB Learning CEU.


Cost
  • CASP Members - free
  • non-members - $20

Presenter
David Cox

David J. Cox, Ph.D., M.S.B., BCBA-D, has been working in behavioral health for nearly 20 years as a provider, academic researcher, and data technologist.

He brings a unique blend of clinical expertise and technological acumen holding a Ph.D. in Psychology, a M.S. in Bioethics, and post-doctoral training in Behavioral Pharmacology and Data Science.

Dr. Cox's expertise lies at the intersection of behavioral data science and artificial intelligence, mathematical and computational models of behavior, clinical-ethical decision-making, human choice dynamics, and health economics.

David currently works as the VP of Data Science for RethinkFirst and is Director of the Behavioral Data Science Research Lab and faculty in the PhD program at Endicott College.


For More Information:

Michael Wasmer
Michael Wasmer
Council of Autism Service Providers