Creating Your Organization’s Clinical GPS: A Model for Restructuring Quality Improvement Functions in Behavioral Health Programs

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst

Industry Analysis

Health and human service organizations face increasing pressure to measure outcomes using data-driven performance standards. To meet this challenge, executive teams are finding that continuous quality and performance improvement (QI/PI) functions can serve as an organization’s clinical geo-positioning system (GPS). This is critical to the future of quality improvement functions. To demonstrate a quantifiable value proposition that aligns with clinical and business objectives, QI/PI functions must evolve or they may be viewed as peripheral . . .