Improving Behavioral Health Outcomes Through Collaborative Efforts and Strategies

• By: Kate Lynn Chimienti, MBA Victoria Njoku-Anokam, MPH Staten Island Performing Provider System (SI PPS)
• April 16th, 2020
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The Staten Island Performing Provider System (SI PPS), formed as a partnership between Richmond University Medical Center and Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH), is leading the New York State Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program on Staten Island (SI). The goal of DSRIP is...

Integrating Peers within Behavioral Health Programs

• By: Jordan Lowmark, MPH Maralie Deprinvil, MPH Jazmin Rivera, MPH Adrienne Abbate, MPA Victoria Njoku-Anokam, MPH Marianne Howard-Siewers, RN
• October 1st, 2019
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The implementation of peer support professionals throughout the behavioral health field has proven to be a valuable resource for clients, patients, and service providers across the continuum (SAMHSA, Value of Peers, 2017). Whether it be in an outpatient clinic, emergency room, or community setting,...

Enhanced CRPA and CHW Training and Workforce Transformation

• By: Victoria Njoku-Anokam, MPH William D. Myhre, MPA Staten Island Performing Provider System (SI PPS)
• July 1st, 2019
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The Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) and Community Health Worker (CHW) are two emerging workforce roles in health care. A CRPA is a person who uses lived experience with substance use disorder (SUD) and who have been certified to provide peer support services including non-clinical coaching,...