Initiatives

Present and Future Initiatives

• National Forum on Behavioral Health Outcome Improvement; November 2009

• A second cycle of the Improving Care of Behavioral Health Clients in Emergency Departments collaborative is planned to begin in early 2010. Resources include an expert faculty, a vetted change package, and the successful results of the “Pioneering” Collaborative above. Click here for more information.

• Summit of safety net providers on better collaboration to improve care, March, 2010

Previous Initiatives

• Expanded collaborative on improving care for behavioral health consumers in Emergency Departments and the community, April 20-22, 2009. Click here for summary of recently completed “Pioneering Collaborative”.

• Click here for invitation to participate in second cycle collaborative and here for the collaborative briefing calls scheduled for January 20 and 27, 2009. Deadline for enrollment in this collaborative was March 1, 2009.

• Pioneering Collaborative on Improving Care of Behavioral Health Clients in Emergency Departments, January-November, 2009. Click here for summary . See above for second cycle information.

• Presentation to NY Association Of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services Annual Conference October 2008 with Steve Miccio of PEOPLe Inc.

• Innovations to Practice Conference April 14-15, 2008 Boston, MA

• IBHI helped organize a behavioral health program at the IHI Forum December 2006, 2007 in Orlando, and 2008 in Nashville. The BHC Program at the IHI Forum included BHC specific content and method presentations, as well as access to one of the premier Quality Improvement programs in the nation. As part of the BHC Program, IBHI sponsored a one day Colloquium on Integration of Behavioral and General Health Care on December 11, 2006.

• Respond We Must! Advancing Quality Improvement In Behavioral Health Care on October 27, 2006, Minneapolis, MN – a leadership summit co-sponsored with Allina HS and Health Partners to build response to the IOM Study Nov. 1, 2005 Institute of Medicine report can provide the framework for improving quality of care. Click here for summary of this event.