Mosaic: The next generation of the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs-Assessment Building System (GAIN-ABS)
Created in 2008 and updated several times, the current GAIN ABS software (version 4.65.0.0) is a HIPAA/HITECH compliant cloud application that supports computer assisted GAIN administration, individual level report generation, and clinical decision-making related to diagnosis, treatment planning and level of care placement (Getting Started with the GAIN – GAIN Coordinating Center). Modifications to GAIN ABS are made as clinical guidelines change (e.g., DSM-IV to DSM 5, ASAM PPC2 to 3 to 4), to improve our products and services and to keep up with changes in security threats.
While our GAIN family of instruments and the GAIN ABS is widely in use, we have an increasing number of customers asking us to create customized measures and to have the ability to modify their local instruments or reports. Virtually all the service providers we work with are also required to collect substantial administrative information before, during or after client encounters which can take away time otherwise spent providing services. Also, supervisors, managers, administrators and evaluators need to analyze, review, and understand all available data to provide staff level feedback for supervision, program evaluation and/or program development. Administratively this includes meeting reporting requirements and making business decisions. Electronic systems are needed that support as many of these activities as possible with the least amount of time and money devoted to them, allowing individuals at all levels to focus on meeting the client where they are and meeting their needs. A new web-based application with expanded capabilities was needed to meet the needs of the system, agency, provider, and individual level. Because it will do so much more than GAIN ABS, we have changed the name of this latest version of our product to Mosaic.
