Outcomes Framework - Entitites

Each metric in the system can be targeted at one or more entities. An entity is any major object in the system. It includes:

  • The entire organization
  • Subunits in the organization
  • Individual providers

When multiple entities are selected, it serves as an AND filter. For example:

  • “Sunshine Hospital”, the top level provider.
  • “Acute Stabilization Unit”, a particular program inside Sunshine Hospital
  • “Dr Smith”, a practitioner who works at both the Acute Stabilization Unit and the Outpatient Therapy unit. Outcomes will include data from both ASU and Outpatient.
  • “Adult CBT Bootcamp”, a treatment track.
  • “Acute Stabilization Unit” + “Dr Smith” will include only patients of Dr Smith’s who were treated inside the ASU.
  • “Acute Stabilization Unit” + “Dr Smith” + “Adult CBT Bootcamp” will include only patients of Dr Smith’s who were treated inside the ASU and enrolled in Adult CBT Bootcamp

By default, all metrics target the entire organization. In general, it is useful to have at least some top-level metrics, but there may be occasions where more targeted metrics are appropriate:

  • An acute stabilization unit will have very different goals and outcomes than an organization doing longer-term psychotherapy. Each organization should be judged according to appropriate standards.
  • There may be occasions where some organizations are subject to additional reporting requirements not required by the rest of the organization.

You can always change the entities that you are looking at by selecting the ‘Entity’ selection. Remember that you can select multiple.


You can type in the box to find the exact entity you are looking for.

Association with an Entity

Metrics can be related to entities in one of three ways:

  • Items specific to that entity. For example, if you select “Acute Stabilization Unit” in the entity box, you will see metrics that are specified for exactly “Acute Stabilization Unit” - without any additional entities selected.
  • Sub-items that contribute to that entity. For example, if you select “Acute Stabilization Unit”, you will see items that are configured to look at data for “Acute Stabilization Unit and Dr Smith” or “Acute Stabilization Unit and Adult CBT Bootcamp”.
  • Rollup items that this entity contributes to. For example, if you select “Acute Stabilization Unit”, you will see items that include the ASU, like a metric for Sunshine Hospital

Entities are primarily used in the Outcomes Statistics. Find our more about it here.