Another Call for Quality Improvement

• By: Thomas Grinley, MS, MBA, CMQ/OE, LSSGB, CCISM New Hampshire Dept. of Health and Human Services
• October 7th, 2022
• behavioral health care, clinical outcomes, compliance, Fall 2022 Issue, process measures, quality improvement, root cause analysis
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Twelve years ago, Dr. Anthony Weiss and I presented a paper to the Healthcare Division of the American Society for Quality. We made a call for quality improvement in behavioral health and argued that, in general, what passed for quality improvement was really about compliance. We were echoing a...

Samaritan Daytop Village and Manatus Development Group Break Ground on “The Richard Pruss Wellness Center” in The Bronx

• By: Staff Writer Behavioral Health News
• January 1st, 2020
• behavioral health care, care coordination, community wellness, integrated primary care, mental health services, recovery support, substance use treatment, underserved communities
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Samaritan Daytop Village and Manatus Development Group broke ground on The Richard Pruss Wellness Center – a “one-stop shop” for behavioral and primary health care in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx on November 13, 2019. Named in honor of the late Richard Pruss, President Emeritus and...

Integrating Pharmacy Services to Improve Clinical Outcomes

• By: Simardeep Singh, PharmD Genoa Healthcare
• October 1st, 2019
• barriers to access, behavioral health care, care coordination, health outcomes, integrated pharmacy, medication adherence, mental illness treatment, pharmacist collaboration
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In New York State, one in five residents experience symptoms of mental illness each year. Half of those individuals live with mental illness serious enough to affect their ability to get an education, hold down a job and form relationships, according to the state Department of Health. Many are...