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interRAI instruments have been mandated by governments in several countries including Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Belgium, Ireland, Switzerland, Finland, as well as many US states. The map in the link shows where and how the interRAI instruments are being used.

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1interRAI 101

Dawn M. Guthrie, PhD

Video length08:38
Video languageEnglish

1/15 videos

2Why Adopt interRAI Tools?

Melissa Ziraldo Marchewka
Dawn M. Guthrie, PhD

Video length07:19
Video languageEnglish

2/15 videos

3Quality Improvement Initiatives in Finland and Canada

Improving quality of care using interRAI quality indicators and benchmarking.

John Hirdes Ph.D
Harriet Finne-Soveri, Ph.D, MD

Video length11:50
Video languageEnglish

3/15 videos

4What can we learn from training interRAI assessors?

The experience of using interRAI assessors with different educational background in New Zealand and Finland.

Brigette Meehan Ph.D, Med
Harriet Finne-Soveri, Ph.D, MD

Video length12:46
Video languageEnglish

4/15 videos

5From comprehensive assessment to using different scales and measures

The use of interRAI scales in New Zealand and Finland for care planning and quality improvement.

Brigette Meehan Ph.D, Med
Harriet Finne-Soveri, Ph.D, MD

Video length19:51
Video languageEnglish

5/15 videos

6Why was interRAI started and why it is unique?

What we have, that nobody else has, are instruments that go across different sectors.

Brant E Fries
Harriet Finne-Soveri

Video length04:01
Video languageEnglish

6/15 videos

7The success of self-reported instruments in South Africa

A lot of people just want to be heard. Many living in the community have health problems that are not being addressed.

Robyn Black
Leon Geffen

Video length03:28
Video languageEnglish

7/15 videos

8interRAI promotes the value of sharing data and hope

In Africa we have the double burden of long-term care and transmitted diseases. Therefore, we need good data that can help clinicians, managers, and decision-makers.

Emmanuel Bagaragaza

Video length02:35
Video languageEnglish

8/15 videos

9The physiotherapy perspective – interRAI assessments give the therapist the big picture

We like working with people who are passionate about improving care.

Katherine Berg
Caitlin McArthur

Video length03:34
Video languageEnglish

9/15 videos

10Why did you become an interRAI member?

I wanted to create my own instrument but then somebody pointed me to inter - Improved patient outcomes, improved care processes, I was really impressed.

Lynn Martin
Hein Van Hout

Video length03:48
Video languageEnglish

10/15 videos

11The power of standardized health data in hospitals

Bringing interRAI into the hospital allows us to make data collection more efficient. Hospitals have a tradition of documenting in their own way but could benefit from more standardized documentation.

Samir Sinha
Nathalie Wellens

Video length04:55
Video languageEnglish

11/15 videos

12Important policy questions in Iceland and Hong Kong

interRAI provides a platform for organizations to communicate using a common language and where information does not get lost.

Palmi Johnsson
Terry Lum

Video length03:09
Video languageEnglish

12/15 videos

13interRAI network for Mental Health

We are trying to use good quality evidence to make a huge impact on the lives of vulnerable people living with mental health concerns.

John Hirdes
Alice Hirdes

Video length03:57
Video languageEnglish

13/15 videos

14Why are you here at the interRAI conference?

Interviewing delegates at the interRAI World Conference 2020 in Leuven, Belgium.

Video length01:10
Video languageEnglish

14/15 videos

15What is the best thing about interRAI?

Interviewing delegates at the interRAI World Conference 2020 in Leuven, Belgium.

Video length01:06
Video languageEnglish

15/15 videos

interRAI 101

1interRAI 101

Why Adopt interRAI Tools?

2Why Adopt interRAI Tools?

Quality Improvement Initiatives in Finland and Canada

3Quality Improvement Initiatives in Finland and Canada

What can we learn from training interRAI assessors?

4What can we learn from training interRAI assessors?

From comprehensive assessment to using different scales and measures

5From comprehensive assessment to using different scales and measures

Why was interRAI started and why it is unique?

6Why was interRAI started and why it is unique?

The success of self-reported instruments in South Africa

7The success of self-reported instruments in South Africa

interRAI promotes the value of sharing data and hope

8interRAI promotes the value of sharing data and hope

The physiotherapy perspective – interRAI assessments give the therapist the big picture

9The physiotherapy perspective – interRAI assessments give the therapist the big picture

Why did you become an interRAI member?

10Why did you become an interRAI member?

The power of standardized health data in hospitals

11The power of standardized health data in hospitals

Important policy questions in Iceland and Hong Kong

12Important policy questions in Iceland and Hong Kong

interRAI network for Mental Health

13interRAI network for Mental Health

Why are you here at the interRAI conference?

14Why are you here at the interRAI conference?

What is the best thing about interRAI?

15What is the best thing about interRAI?

1interRAI Quality Indicators (QIs)

Dawn M. Guthrie, PhD

Video length07:31
Video languageEnglish

1/3 videos

2Using interRAI Assessments for Emergency Management: Vulnerable Persons Risk Scale

John P. Hirdes, PhD FCAHS
Gustavo Bettini, PhD
Nigel Millar, MD

Video length35:50
Video languageEnglish

2/3 videos

3How Should we Assess Quality of Care?

Discussing quality of care, what it is, and how to measure it.

John Morris Ph.D
Harriet Finne-Soveri, Ph.D, MD

Video length19:23
Video languageEnglish

3/3 videos

interRAI Quality Indicators (QIs)

1interRAI Quality Indicators (QIs)

Innovations in the applications of interRAI assessments

2Using interRAI Assessments for Emergency Management: Vulnerable Persons Risk Scale

How Should we Assess Quality of Care?

3How Should we Assess Quality of Care?

1Predictors of Improvement in Urinary Incontinence in the Post-Acute Setting: A Canadian Cohort Study

Dr. Bon Egbujie
Dr. Adrian Wagg
Dr. Melissa Northwood

Video length33:53
Video languageEnglish

1/11 videos

2Mood Disturbances Across the Continuum of Care Based on Self-Report and Clinician Rated Measures

Innovations in the Mental Health Applications of interRAI Assessments

John P. Hirdes
Margaret Saari

Video length32:53
Video languageEnglish

2/11 videos

3interRAI Subjective Quality of Life Scale for Mental Health and Addiction Settings

Innovations in the Mental Health Applications of interRAI Assessments

Hao Luo
Alice Hirdes
Jyrki Heikkilä
Kathleen De Cuyper
Chantal Van Audenhove
Margaret Saari
John P. Hirdes

Video length33:08
Video languageEnglish

3/11 videos

4Determinants of Non-emergency Use of Control Interventions in Older Canadian Psychiatric Inpatients

Innovations in the Mental Health Applications of interRAI Assessments

Gary Cheung
Tina M. Mah
Yoram Barak
John P. Hirdes

Video length32:01
Video languageEnglish

4/11 videos

5Costs and Savings Associated with the Police Use of the interRAI Brief Mental Health Screener

Innovations in the Mental Health Applications of interRAI Assessments

Ron Hoffman
Jeffrey Harman
Heidi Kinsell
Gregory Brown

Video length27:47
Video languageEnglish

5/11 videos

6School Disengagement and Mental Health Service Intensity Need Among Clinically Referred Students Utilizing the interRAI ChYMH Instrument

Innovations in the Mental Health Applications of interRAI Assessments

Janell A. Klassen
Shannon L. Stewart
Natalia Lapshina

Video length26:49
Video languageEnglish

6/11 videos

7The Forensic Supplement to the interRAI MH Assessment Instrument: Evaluation and Validation of the Problem Behavior Scale

Innovations in the Mental Health Applications of interRAI Assessments

Howard E. Barbaree
Krista Mathias
Brant E. Fries
Greg P. Brown
Shannon L. Stewart
Elke Ham
John P. Hirdes

Video length28:23
Video languageEnglish

7/11 videos

8An Examination of Correlates of Quality of Life in Children and Youth with Mental Health Issues

Innovations in the Mental Health Applications of interRAI Assessments

Angela Celebre
Shannon L. Stewart
Laura Theall
Natalia Lapshina

Video length23:50
Video languageEnglish

8/11 videos

9An international pilot study of self-reported quality of life in outpatient and inpatient mental health settings

Innovations in the Mental Health Applications of interRAI Assessments

Johanna de Almeida Mello
Hao Luo, Alice Hirdes
Jyrki Heikkilä
Benoite Umubyeyi
Darius Gishoma
Margaret Saari
John P. Hirdes
Chantal Van Audenhove

Video length22:31
Video languageEnglish

9/11 videos

10Does the Person-centered Care Model Support the Needs of Long-term Care Residents with Serious Mental Illness and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities?

Innovations in the Mental Health Applications of interRAI Assessments

Elizabeth P. Howard
Lynn Martin
George A. Heckman
John N. Morris

Video length33:07
Video languageEnglish

10/11 videos

11Disparities in Utilization of Psychiatry Services Among Home Care Clients: The Tale of Two Canadian Jurisdictions

Innovations in the Mental Health Applications of interRAI Assessments

Jeffrey Poss
Lori Mitchell
Jasmine Mah
Janice Keefe

Video length38:54
Video languageEnglish

11/11 videos

Predictors of Improvement in Urinary Incontinence in the Post-Acute Setting: A Canadian Cohort Study

1Predictors of Improvement in Urinary Incontinence in the Post-Acute Setting: A Canadian Cohort Study

Mood Disturbances Across the Continuum of Care Based on Self-Report and Clinician Rated Measures

2Mood Disturbances Across the Continuum of Care Based on Self-Report and Clinician Rated Measures

interRAI Subjective Quality of Life Scale for Mental Health and Addiction Settings

3interRAI Subjective Quality of Life Scale for Mental Health and Addiction Settings

Determinants of Non-emergency Use of Control Interventions in Older Canadian Psychiatric Inpatients

4Determinants of Non-emergency Use of Control Interventions in Older Canadian Psychiatric Inpatients

Costs and Savings Associated with the Police Use of the interRAI Brief Mental Health Screener

5Costs and Savings Associated with the Police Use of the interRAI Brief Mental Health Screener

School Disengagement and Mental Health Service Intensity Need Among Clinically Referred Students Utilizing the interRAI ChYMH Instrument

6School Disengagement and Mental Health Service Intensity Need Among Clinically Referred Students Utilizing the interRAI ChYMH Instrument

The Forensic Supplement to the interRAI MH Assessment Instrument: Evaluation and Validation of the Problem Behavior Scale

7The Forensic Supplement to the interRAI MH Assessment Instrument: Evaluation and Validation of the Problem Behavior Scale

An Examination of Correlates of Quality of Life in Children and Youth with Mental Health Issues

8An Examination of Correlates of Quality of Life in Children and Youth with Mental Health Issues

An international pilot study of self-reported quality of life in outpatient and inpatient mental health settings

9An international pilot study of self-reported quality of life in outpatient and inpatient mental health settings

Does the Person-centered Care Model Support the Needs of Long-term Care Residents with Serious Mental Illness and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities?

10Does the Person-centered Care Model Support the Needs of Long-term Care Residents with Serious Mental Illness and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities?

Disparities in Utilization of Psychiatry Services Among Home Care Clients: The Tale of Two Canadian Jurisdictions

11Disparities in Utilization of Psychiatry Services Among Home Care Clients: The Tale of Two Canadian Jurisdictions

1The interRAI Child and Youth Suite of Instruments: An Integrated approach to Mental Health Service Delivery

Dr. Shannon Stewart
Dr. Jeff Poss

Video length26:11
Video languageEnglish

1/4 videos

2interRAI Check-Up Self-Report Instrument

Geriatrician George Heckman speaks about experiences in using the Check-Up tool in primary care and retirement homes in Canada.

George Heckman MD
Magnus Björkgren Ph.D

Video length08:27
Video languageEnglish

2/4 videos

3How interRAI Instruments Develop

Instrument System Development (ISD) committee, the vehicle for approving new interRAI instruments and tools.

John Morris Ph.D
Harriet Finne-Soveri, Ph.D, MD

Video length17:33
Video languageEnglish

3/4 videos

4interRAI Mental Health Instruments

From screening tools to comprehensive assessments in mental health.

John Hirdes Ph.D
Harriet Finne-Soveri, Ph.D, MD

Video length14:56
Video languageEnglish

4/4 videos

The interRAI Child and Youth Suite of Instruments: An Integrated approach to Mental Health Service Delivery

1The interRAI Child and Youth Suite of Instruments: An Integrated approach to Mental Health Service Delivery

interRAI check up self-report instrument

2interRAI Check-Up Self-Report Instrument

How interRAI Instruments Develop

3How interRAI Instruments Develop

interRAI Mental Health Instruments

4interRAI Mental Health Instruments

interRAI Fellow Eva Topinková wins Lifetime Achievement Award

interRAI congratulates Fellow Prof. Eva Topinková on winning a Lifetime Achievement Award to Medicine. Prof. Topinková, who is Head of the Geriatrics and Internal Medicine Clinic at the General University Hospital in Prague, was honored with this prestigious award after receiving the highest number of patient votes. Read more about the award here >> Read more…

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interRAI Fellows Recognized Among Top 2% of Scientists Globally

  interRAI is proud to announce that sixteen of its Fellows have been recognized among the top 2% of scientists globally in their career or in 2023 rankings by c-score, a metric that evaluates scientific impact based on overall and sub-field excellence. This recognition is a testament to the profound impact of their ongoing research…

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interRAI Fellow Andrew Costa Awarded Prestigious Canada Research Chair in Integrated Care for Seniors

  interRAI is proud to announce that interRAI Fellow Andrew Costa has received the prestigious honor of appointment as the Canada Research Chair in Integrated Care for Seniors. Costa is an associate professor and Schlegel Research Chair in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact and the research lead at the DeGroote School…

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Mission and Vision

is committed to improving health care across the globe. Whether you’re a community member, care professional, administrator, or policy-maker, our goal is to provide you with reliable, high-quality data that is easy to interpret and share. Through rigorous research and testing, we ensure the reliability and validity of our systems and continuously strive to improve our tools’ usefulness by, for example, making them available in many languages.

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