The Three-Legged Stool: Program Models, Performance Improvements, and Outcome Research

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Thursday, December 8 2011, 1:00 EST
The clarion call for evidence-based practices that rings through the behavioral health service field can be daunting to answer. Providers often struggle to create an environment within their agency to successfully implement evidence-based practices and to track long-term outcomes to determine the effectiveness of the services. This workshop provides a case study of one agency's approach to meeting this challenge.

Results from two-year post-discharge surveys indicate that youth who receive services from this agency consistently experience placement stability, have appropriate school performance, avoid trouble with the law, and avoid out-of-home placements in residential treatment centers, psychiatric hospitals, and correctional facilities. These results are achieved on the strength of the 'three-legged stool' - program model practices and adherence, performance improvement, and outcome evaluation systems.

Practical tools for creating the necessary infrastructure will be shared including checklists for development of program models and adherence measures, scorecards that track clinical and operational indicators, and recommendations for best practices for long-term follow-up.  

 
 
Learning Objectives:
  • Examine the role of research in implementing evidence-based practices
  • Discuss the challenges in creating an infrastructure and environment that supports data collection and utilization
  • Explore how to create action steps to address barriers to successfully implementing evidence-based practices at your organization
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About the Speaker(s):
Hughes Johnson 
Director of Performance Improvement
Youth Villages, Inc.
 
As the Director of Performance Improvement for Youth Villages, a non profit organization providing treatment programs for troubled youth, Hughes is responsible for managing the quality, training, policies, medical records, accreditation, and contract audits. Focusing on quality, he manages an electronic scorecard that monitors several hundred quality points throughout the organization.  He also insures standards adherence in the electronic medical records and program policies.  He leads a team of eleven professionals in the Performance Improvement department.
Fran Loshin-Turso
President
Defran Systems, Inc.
 
Fran Loshin-Turso co-founded Defran Systems in 1984 with the vision of providing the Human Services Industry the same state-of-the-art software technology found within the private sector. She has an extensive background in software engineering and human services. Defran Systems provides comprehensive EHR and financial software to human services providers serving over 1.1 million clients in 42 states. Their flagship web-based solution, Evolv-CS, is an ONC Certified Complete Ambulatory EHR and supports providers who offer services across the entire continuum of care.