State behavioral health innovations: disseminating promising practices
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Perlman, Sylvia B., author Dougherty, Richard H., author
- Contributor(s):
- Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, August 2006
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Delivery of Health Care -- methods Mental Health Services State Government United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- According to reports issued by the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health and the Institute of Medicine, the delivery of mental health care in the United States requires radical improvement and reform. To help identify promising innovations in behavioral health care, the authors of this report interviewed experts in the field of mental health and substance abuse. Based on their suggestions, the authors selected and described 17 practices--all related to purchasing and quality improvement--being implemented by states in behavioral health care. Many of the projects result from the increasing demands placed on state agencies to meet needs with a reduced budget, leaving states with little choice but to increase efficiency and effectiveness. The innovations fall into six categories: enhancing consumer-centered care, criminal justice/mental health collaboration, system integration, the use of performance incentives, quality improvement, and other promising practices.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (xii, 52 pages))
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101290981 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101290981