Trac9
Measuring Patient Outcomes
Data Helps Us Better Understand Our Effectiveness in Helping You Get Healthy
TRAC9 outcomes data provides a clear, client-centred way to understand the impact of our services. It captures changes in well-being, functioning and emotional distress over time.
While in our care, our clients complete a confidential weekly assessment that measures variables associated with sustained and long-term sobriety. The algorithm uses these variables, demographics, factors and risk ratios to help measure a client’s progress. We also use the information gathered to adjust treatment plans based on a client’s unique needs.
It is another way to ensure that our work is making a meaningful difference in people’s health.
The Latest
Tara Trac9 Results.
For 12 months following residential care, clients are encouraged to complete a monthly assessment. This confidential form can be filled out anywhere and takes less than five minutes to complete. The information it provides is invaluable because it helps us continue to compare our methods to patient outcomes, advance research to better understand substance use disorder and learn how to treat it more effectively.
Residential Program
Global Recovery Score
81
National Average: 70(Based on Nine Core Domains of Addiction Recovery)
Treatment Success
59%
National Average: 27%(% Low Relapse Risk at Discharge)
Post Discharge Outcomes
86%
National Average: 77%(No Alcohol or Drugs in Past 30 Days)
Patient Satisfaction
63
National Average: 53(Net Promoter Score)
Answers to Trac9 Questions.
What Does Trac9 Measure?
The Trac9 platform helps monitor both resilience and pathology factors. Both have a scientifically validated and evidence-based association with long-term recovery. Both types of factors are also equally important in your recovery journey.
Resilience Factors
- Commitment to Sobriety: Successful sobriety involves more than just the desire not to drink or use – it also involves hard work.
- Spirituality: Spirituality can be complex and fluid, but it plays a huge role in the recovery process.
- Optimism: Assesses individual differences in generalized optimism versus pessimism.
- Quality of Life: Sobriety impacts the overall wellness in all aspects of one’s physical, mental, and social life.
Pathology Factors
- Depression: “Am I depressed because I rely upon substances, or do I rely upon substances because I’m depressed?”
- Anxiety: Anxiety is the reaction to stressful, dangerous, or unfamiliar situations that can interfere with leading an everyday functioning life.
- Verbal Craving: Verbal craving is the verbal manifestation of intense feelings of wanting to drink or use.
- Visual Craving: Visual cues can have a powerful ability to stimulate intense feelings of want.
- Stress: Stress is a key risk factor in addiction initiation, relapse, and maintenance of recovery.
What is a Global Recovery Score?
Trac9 assesses nine core domains of addiction recovery using primarily public-domain instruments, either in original form or with minor adaptations for the addiction context. Together, these nine domains form the Global Recovery Scale (GRS).
The five symptom domains include: Anxiety, Depression, Stress, Verbal Craving, and Visual Craving (Cue exposure, serving as assessment and treatment). Commitment Sobriety, Optimism, Quality of Life in Addiction Recovery, and Spirituality.
Scores can range from 0% to 100%, with higher scores reflecting improvements in resilience and decreases in pathology.
Are My Questionnaire Answers Confidential?
Absolutely. All data we collect is protected health information and will be handled according to the HIPAA Privacy Rules.
How Long Do Assessments Take?
On average, it takes less than 15 minutes to complete the in-treatment survey. Most can complete the post-treatment survey in a few minutes.
How Does the Tara Staff Use My Assessment Data for Treatment?
Data collected during treatment helps us assign staff who best fit a client’s needs, create individualized treatment and aftercare plans. It is valuable when advocating with insurance companies on a client’s behalf. Post-treatment data helps us monitor long-term treatment success and gives clients a direct option to reach out if they feel they are struggling.
How Will My Answers Be Used for My Treatment?
In-treatment and post-treatment data help us measure the effectiveness of our treatment program and improve treatment for others needing care. Your input can help advance the science of addiction medicine and that is a great legacy.
What Does the Research Say About Trac9?
Active utilization of Trac9 has been associated with substantial improvements beyond standard residential care with passive monitoring. Patients receiving treatment with optimal Trac9 utilization achieved 82% greater symptom improvement compared to those with minimal system engagement. This enhanced symptom improvement translated to reduced relapse risk.