The Center for Practice Innovations: A Resource for the Behavioral Healthcare Workforce

• By: Nancy H Covell, PhD Sapana R. Patel, PhD Paul J. Margolies, PhD Helle Thorning, PhD, LCSW Ilana Nossel, MD Columbia University Lisa B. Dixon, MD, MPH New York State Psychiatric Institute
• July 1st, 2019
• behavioral health workforce, continuing education, evidence-based practices, implementation support, integrated care, quality improvement, technical assistance, workforce training
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The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) and the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, established the Center for Practice Innovations at Columbia Psychiatry and New York State Psychiatric Institute (CPI) in 2007 to promote the widespread use of evidence-based practices developed...

Developing Workforce Knowledge Through Technical Assistance

• By: Daniel Ferris, MPA Meaghan Baier, LMSW
• April 1st, 2016
• behavioral health system, care delivery, healthcare transformation, Medicaid managed care, organizational change, quality improvement, technical assistance, workforce training
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The transition to Medicaid Managed Care holds the promise of moving the behavioral health system toward the triple aim. It requires many organizational changes, from responding to and managing shifting resources, to shifts in job descriptions and roles to which agencies must acclimate. The result,...