PSYCKES-Supported Best Practice Quality Improvement Collaboratives
Timeframe |
Project |
# Participants |
Quality Improvement Focus |
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Active Projects |
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2021-Present |
179 |
Assess and improve client engagement, with a focus on high risk clients. |
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2021-Present |
140 |
Improve screening, treatment, and Medication Assisted Treatment for clients with Opioid Use Disorder and Co-Occurring Disorders. |
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2019-Present |
Building Capacity for Opioid Use Disorder Best Practices in Article 31 Clinics |
All (480+) Mental health clinics in NY |
Implement best practices for identifying and treating Opioid Use Disorder. |
2019-Present |
Behavioral Health High Risk Quality Collaborative (HRQC) for Emergency Departments |
95 Emergency departments |
Identify and improve care for individuals at high behavioral health risk in emergency departments. |
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Completed Projects |
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2016-2019 |
Suicide Prevention Project (NIMH Grant with Columbia Center for Practice Innovation) |
165 Community-based mental health clinics |
Zero Suicide model implementation and reduction of suicide behaviors among children (10+) and adults. |
2016-2019 |
Quality Assurance Reporting Requirements (QARR) |
89 Community-based mental health clinics |
Performance on NY behavioral health quality measures and organizational readiness for Value Based Payment arrangements. |
2016-2019 |
Care Transitions Network (CMS Grant with National Council) |
241 Practices |
All-cause readmission among individuals with serious mental illness and organizational readiness for Value Based Payment arrangements. |
2014-2017 |
Hospital Readmission Quality Collaborative Phase 2 |
45 Hospitals |
All-cause 30-day readmission following discharge from inpatient psychiatry, detox, or rehabilitation. |
2014-2015 |
Children’s Hospital Readmission Quality Collaborative |
15 Hospitals |
Psychiatric 30-day readmission among children. |
2013-2016 |
Health Promotion and Coordination |
143 Community-based mental health clinics |
High utilization of acute medical services and integration of general health and psychiatric services in outpatient care. |
2013-2016 |
Behavioral Health Care Coordination |
165 Community-based mental health clinics |
High utilization of acute psychiatric services and improve engagement in outpatient care (medication adherence/continuation). |
2012-2014 |
Hospital Readmission Quality Collaborative Phase 1 |
42 Hospitals |
Psychiatric 30-day readmission among adults. |
2010-2013 |
Reducing Psychotropic Prescribing Risk for Youth |
73 Community-based mental health clinics |
High-risk psychotropic prescribing in children, including polypharmacy, high dose, and use of psychotropic medication in very young children. |
2010-2013 |
Higher than Recommended Doses of Psychotropic Medications |
89 Community-based mental health clinics |
Psychotropic medication dosing exceeding recommended guidelines for children and for adults. |
2010-2012 |
Cardiometabolic Risk Quality Collaborative |
18 Hospital’s mental health clinics |
Choice of antipsychotic medication for adults with increased metabolic risk (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia/diabetes, obesity, or cardiac disease). |
2008-2013 |
Antipsychotics with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors |
121 community-based mental health clinics |
Choice of antipsychotic medication for children and adults with increased metabolic risk (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia/diabetes, obesity, or cardiac disease). |
2008-2013 |
Reducing Psychotropic Polypharmacy |
230 community-based mental health clinics |
Psychotropic polypharmacy for children and adults receiving mental health clinic services. |
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