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2. SITE SELECTION

An Assessment of Innovative Models of Peer Support Services in Behavioral Health to Reduce Preventable Acute Hospitalization and Readmissions. 2. Site Selection

A comprehensive environmental scan was completed to address the questions of this study (see Chapter 1 ). The environmental scan focused on core topics, including: The expanding role of PSS as a part of the behavioral health care delivery system.
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1. ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN REPORT

An Assessment of Innovative Models of Peer Support Services in Behavioral Health to Reduce Preventable Acute Hospitalization and Readmissions. 1. Environmental Scan Report

In recent years, the peer support services (PSS) workforce has evolved to become an essential part of mental health and addiction treatment, family support, and primary care services. In 2003, the President's New Freedom Commission for Mental Health recommended expanded integration of PSS into the behavioral health treatment system. Interest and u
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

An Assessment of Innovative Models of Peer Support Services in Behavioral Health to Reduce Preventable Acute Hospitalization and Readmissions. Executive Summary

Recurrent psychiatric hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) utilization is common among those with serious mental illnesses and others with behavioral health conditions. The result is excessively high health care costs, and in some cases preventable overuse of services. Peer support services (PSS) are a recognized part of team-based care
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ACRONYMS

An Assessment of Innovative Models of Peer Support Services in Behavioral Health to Reduce Preventable Acute Hospitalization and Readmissions. Acronyms

The following acronyms are mentioned in this report and/or appendices.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

An Assessment of Innovative Models of Peer Support Services in Behavioral Health to Reduce Preventable Acute Hospitalization and Readmissions. Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Garrett Moran, Ph.D. (Westat), Allen Doederlein (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance), Larry Fricks (Appalachian Consulting Group and SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions), Pamela Greenberg. M.P.P., (Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness), and Tanya Stevens (New York Association of Psychiatric Reha
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An Assessment of Innovative Models of Peer

An Assessment of Innovative Models of Peer Support Services in Behavioral Health to Reduce Preventable Acute Hospitalization and Readmissions

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An Assessment of Innovative Models of Peer

An Assessment of Innovative Models of Peer Support Services in Behavioral Health to Reduce Preventable Acute Hospitalization and Readmissions

Recurrent psychiatric hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) utilization is common among those with serious mental illness resulting in excessively high health care costs, and preventable overuse of services. Peer support services are a recognized part of team-based care for behavioral health conditions. This study examines peer support se
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Endnotes

Community Health Center Information Systems Assessment: Issues and Opportunities. Final Report. Endnotes

1 NORC’s Health Studies Department was recently renamed the Department of Health Survey, Program, and Policy Research to reflect its merger with the former Project Hope Center for Health Affairs group.
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4. Conclusions

Community Health Center Information Systems Assessment: Issues and Opportunities. Final Report. 4. Conclusions

Findings from our site visit demonstrate the potential of a centralized network to serve health center needs through substantial integration financial and information systems. The site visit shows, that when appropriately pursued, such integrations allow health centers to enjoy a much higher level of service than they could afford on their own. Ke
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Experiences with EHR

Community Health Center Information Systems Assessment: Issues and Opportunities. Final Report. Experiences with EHR

Health centers reported positive experiences with initial roll-out of EHR in Florida and a high level of enthusiasm in expanding take-up of EHR within their center with the goal of improving the quality of care as well as the overall efficiency. After some struggles at the pilot sites, center staff all report being very pleased with the system and
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Experiences with Medical Manager

Community Health Center Information Systems Assessment: Issues and Opportunities. Final Report. Experiences with Medical Manager

Staff at health centers reported overwhelmingly positive experiences using Medical Manager. The most effusive comments were made when comparing current use of Medical Manager to the systems for practice management and billing they had in place prior to HCN. Health centers uniformly noted improvements in operational and administrative efficiency. W
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Health Center Infrastructure and Staffing

Community Health Center Information Systems Assessment: Issues and Opportunities. Final Report. Health Center Infrastructure and Staffing

As typical in other networks visited, the in-house administrative and IS infrastructure at HCN health centers varies considerably. Some HCN health centers employ dozens of providers across up to 15 sites and manage between 40,000 and 50,000 patient encounters each year. Others are much smaller health centers, with one site that sees barely 5,000 e
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3. Health Centers’ Experience with HCN and the EHR

Community Health Center Information Systems Assessment: Issues and Opportunities. Final Report. 3. Health Centers’ Experience with HCN and the EHR

Health center respondents uniformly praised their experience with HCN, citing major improvements in their overall operations following establishment of the network.  One center CEO said that his center is “not the same entity” it was before HCN, indicating that the organization would either not be in existence or be operating on a very limite
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Electronic Health Records and Electronic Oral

Community Health Center Information Systems Assessment: Issues and Opportunities. Final Report. Electronic Health Records and Electronic Oral Health Records

In 2002, the BHPC funded a pilot program to help HCN implement EHRs at 4 Florida centers.
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Administrative Applications

Community Health Center Information Systems Assessment: Issues and Opportunities. Final Report. Administrative Applications

HCN provides network members access to centrally administered applications for practice management and accounting. The two primary applications selected by HCN include Platinum and WebMD’s Medical Manager.  Kearns has implemented the Platinum financial system successfully at Family Health Centers in Fort Meyers prior to that health center joini
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Network Governance, Operations and Infrastructure

Community Health Center Information Systems Assessment: Issues and Opportunities. Final Report. Network Governance, Operations and Infrastructure

The network operates under a flexible but relatively formal model. Permanent governance derives from a Board of Directors, whose makeup is described below.  A standing Integrated Delivery System (IDS) committee oversees issues specific to the nine health centers that have fully devolved their fiscal and IS functions to the network and are therefo
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Health Choice Network History

Community Health Center Information Systems Assessment: Issues and Opportunities. Final Report. Health Choice Network History

HCN, headquartered in Miami, Florida, originated in 1994 as health centers in and around Miami became increasingly concerned about provider consolidation and the movement towards mandatory Medicaid managed care.  In addition, health centers were motivated by sharp increases in immigration from Latin America and in the prevalence of HIV/AIDS, whic
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2. Health Choice Network Overview

Community Health Center Information Systems Assessment: Issues and Opportunities. Final Report. 2. Health Choice Network Overview

Health Choice Network (HCN) is a community-based, not for profit 501(c)(3) organization representing a group of BPHC supported (330) community health centers and other health care providers and organizations in South and Central Florida, plus affiliated centers in Utah and New Mexico. Although HCN shares some characteristics with other health cent
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1. Introduction

Community Health Center Information Systems Assessment: Issues and Opportunities. Final Report. 1. Introduction

NORC at the University of Chicago (NORC) is pleased to present this report detailing findings from our recent site visit to Florida for “Community Health Center Information Systems Assessment: Issues and Opportunities.” NORC conducted this site visit under contract with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) a

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