Reference Library

Below are links to papers discussing effective quality improvement processes within behavioral healthcare.

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Adapting and Implementing New Strategies for Patient Centered Care – Transforming Care where we meet our clients in Behavioral Health
by Julie Kelley, MSW, MPH Program Chief, Mental Heath Psychiatry Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, Martinez, CA. April 2011. A pdf file: 1,700 KBytes

Agitation and De-Escalation: 5 Fundamentals of Non-coercion by Jon S. Berlin, MD. A pdf file: 1,960 KBytes

“An Analysis of Therapist Treatment Effects: Toward Providing Feedback to Individual Therapists on Their Clients’ Psychotherapy Outcome” by John Okiishi, Michael J. Lambert, Dennis Eggett, Lars Nielsen, and David D. Dayton, Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol. 62(9), 1157–1172 (2006). A pdf file: 203 KBytes

“Behavioral Health Integration Southcentral Foundation 2011 Nuka Conference” by Wendy Bradley. A pdf file: 522 KBytes

“Behavioral Health Issues Within Immigrant Populations” by Peter C. Brown. A pdf file: 18 KBytes

“The Bell Curve” by Atul Gawande The New Yorker, December 6, 2004

Consumer Centered Family Consultation: An Overwiew and Opportunity for Providers by Family Institute for Education, Practice & Research and Institute for Behavioral Healthcare Improvement. A pdf file: 843 KBytes

“The Cost Conundrum” by Atul Gawande The New Yorker, June 1, 2009

“Emerging Strategies to Improve Care for Behavioral Health Clients in the Emergency Department” by Stuart Buttlaire, PhD, MBA, Kaiser Permanente, Regional Director of Inpatient Psychiatry and Continuing Care and Peter Brown, Executive Director, Institute for Behavioral Healthcare Improvement. October 10, 2012. A pdf file: 511 KBytes.

“Hospitals and Outpatient Providers Changing Systems of Care to Respond to New Healthcare System Requirements” by IBHI Board. March 5, 2012. A pdf file: 334 KBytes.

Improving Care for Behavioral Health Clients Treated in Hospital Emergency Departments: Stuart Buttlaire, PhD & MBA ” January 9, 2011. A pdf file: 83 KBytes

Improving Emergency Department Care for Behaviorial Health Clients – Some Structural and Procedural Best Practices, by Leslie Zun, MD, Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital and Chicago Medical School; and Peter Brown, Executive Director, IBHI, Oct. 12, 2011. A pdf file: 1.1 MBytes.

“Improving Processes to Reduce LOS for Behavioral Health Patients in the Emergency Department” by Larry Phillips D.C.S.W., American Hospital Association: Issues: Mental Health Services: Performance Improvement, May 2010.

Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance-Use Conditions: Quality Chasm Series”, The IOM Report.

Innovation and Re-Design of Systems of Behavioral Health Care with Roger Resar, MD of IHI, Alden (Joe) Doolittle, Moderator, and Peter Brown, Executive Director, IBHI. March, 2011. A pdf file: 252 MBytes

Institute for Healthcare Improvement Summary Report: 90-Day Project – Integrating Primary Care and Behavioral Health Care by Lindsay Martin, IHI, and Peter Brown, IBHI. October 31, 2008. A pdf file: 75 KBytes.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement Summary Report: 90-Day Project – Integrating Primary Care and Behavioral Health Care by Lindsay Martin, IHI, and Peter Brown, IBHI. October 31, 2008. A pdf file: 75 KBytes.

Integration Lessons & Challenges from Medicaid Redesign-TennCare with William G Wood, MD, CMO Behavioral Health Amerigroup Community Care Tennessee, July 6, 2011. A pdf file: 387 MBytes

An Intense Discussion on Outcome Measurement by William Wood, MD, Jim Kupel, BA and Jeb Brown, Ph. D. October 10, 2013. A pdf file: 1.4 MBytes

“Measuring Outcomes in Behavioral Health: What, When & How”.  Andrew Bertagnolli, PhD, Kaiser Permanente, June 18, 2013. A pdf file: 1.4 MB.

“Morbidity and Mortality in People with Serious Mental Illness”. National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, Medical Directors Council, July 2006. A pdf file: 1.7 MBytes

“Morbidity and Mortality in People with Serious Mental Illness” National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, (NASMHPD) Medical Directors Council. July 2006. An on-line PowerPoint presentation

“Morbidity and Mortality in People with Serious Mental Illness” Editors: Joe Parks, MD; Dale Svendsen, MD; Patricia Singer, MD; Mary Ellen Foti, MD. Technical Writer: Barbara Mauer, MSW, CMC. National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, (NASMHPD) Medical Directors Council. October 2006.

Perfect Depression Care by  M. Justin Coffey, MD, Henry Ford Health System. A pdf file: 1.9 MBytes.

“Performance Improvement: Improving Processes to Reduce LOS for Behavioral Health Patients in the ED: St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 4/2010” by Larry Phillips. A pdf file: 188 KBytes

Planning Consumer Centered Family Consultation: Consultation Beginning  Fall, 2014 by Family Institute for Education, Practice & Research and Institute for Behavioral Healthcare Improvement. A pdf file: 70 KBytes

“Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health: Using Collaboratives and Improving Behavioral Health Care in Emergency Rooms” by Steve Miccio, Director, PEOPLe Inc.; and Peter Brown, Executive Director, IBHI . NYAPRS Conference Sept. 25, 2008. A pdf file: 251 KBytes

 “Reducing Readmissions: The Role of Long Acting Injectable Psychotropic Medications, Gaining Consumer Acceptance, and Peer Counselors”
by Jorge R. Petit, MD President/Founder, Quality Healthcare Solutions and Peter Brown, IBHI Executive Director. December 11, 2012. A pdf file: 494 KBytes.

A Review of Successful but Stressful Integration of Behavioral and Primary Care by Jennifer DeGroff, PhD and Fred Michel, MD, Aspen Pointe, June 17, 2014. A pdf file: 837 KBytes.

St Anthony Hospital – Improving Flow and Reducing Agitation in Your ED Conference: National Update on Behavioral Emergencies by Larry Phillips. A pdf file: 365 KBytes

“Struggling to Meet Seniors’ Behavioral Health Needs” by Peter C. Brown, Executive Director, Institute for Behavioral Healthcare Improvement.The Hastings Center Website, October 9, 2012. A pdf file: 48KBytes.

Successful Strategies for Implementing the CMS Psychiatric Core Measures by Nola Harrison, LCSW, St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, and Bob Moon, LMSW, New York  City Heath and Hospitals Corporation. 5/7/2013. A pdf file: 500 KBytes

“Summary of the Triple Aim Symposium” by Peter C. Brown, July 2, 2008. A pdf file: 45 KBytes

“Waiting for Supershrink: An Empirical Analysis of Therapist Effects” by John Okiishi, Michael J. Lambert, Stevan L. Nielsen, and Benjamin M. Ogles, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 10, 361-373 (2003). A pdf file: 1,060 KBytes

“When Less Is More: Reducing the Incidence of Antipsychotic Poly-Pharmacy” by William Tucker, MD, an IHI.org Story. A pdf file: 1,094 KBytes