Behavioral Health and Opioids
Behavioral health encompasses substance use and mental health concerns—components of individual and population health.
Nearly 20% of Americans, more than 46 million adults, are affected by a behavioral health disorder annually.
As your quality improvement organization, we will collaborate with you to identify and impact behavioral health outcomes.
Goals
- Decrease opioid related overdose deaths by 7% nationally
- Increase access to behavioral health services
- Reduce opioid related harm, and utilization where appropriate
- Reduce ER utilization
Clinical and Quality Improvement Offerings
Peer-Learning Opportunites
- Implementation training on trauma-informed care, assessing for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and identify effective interventions
- Starting or expanding a multidisciplinary Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) program
- Increasing awareness of and treatment for behavioral health and substance use disorder in all care settings
Customized Technical Assistance
- Developing protocols for behavioral health screening and treatment referral
- Supporting optimization of your care for people with chronic pain and/or chronic health conditions
- Applying the principles and tools of quality improvement
Education, Tools, and Resources
Our clinical and quality improvement experts can share tools and resources on:
- Trauma-informed care across the community
- Screening tools for trauma, depression, dementia, and substance use disorders
- Compassionate tapering, pain management, and MOUD
- Focused rapid-cycle improvement projects that support integration of behavioral health screening tools with improved patient health outcomes