Data Specs

Data specifications

Each state must collect demographic and treatment data on all clients admitted into any publicly funded treatment facilities. The mental health data is called the Mental Health Event File (MHE). The substance use disorder data is called the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) and includes admission and discharge files. Providers submit the data monthly through a secure website into the SAMHIS (Substance Abuse Mental Health Information System) database. The data submitted into SAMHIS is used for all data reporting produced by SUMH, unless otherwise specified. This data is also used to meet the federal data reporting requirements.

To ensure quality of the data, providers must follow detailed standards for file formats and data definitions. They are below for each data set: