National Assn Of State Mentl Health Prog Directors Research Instit Inc

NRI PRODUCTS AND SERVICES SUPPORT AND ENABLE ACTIONS THAT IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS. NRI PURSUES ITS MISSION ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING CORE VALUES: - LACK OF BIAS- LIFE-ENHANCING VALUE- INSIGHT

THE PERFORMANCE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (PQI) PROGRAM SERVES NEARLY 200 FREE-STANDING PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS IN THEIR PURSUIT OF QUALITY METRICS AND IMPROVEMENT OF CARE. DURING 2021, THE PQI PROGRAM PROVIDED MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTERS AND EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS FOCUSED ON IMPROVEMENT TOOLS, CLINICAL BEST PRACTICES, AND EXTERNAL REQUIREMENTS. THE PQI PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES COMPARISON REPORTS TO ASSIST THE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS WITH MONITORING PERFORMANCE LEVELS ON KEY INDICATORS OF QUALITY OF CARE. FINALLY, PQI RELEASED SEVERAL PUBLICATIONS THAT APPLIED ADVANCED ANALYTICS TO PATTERNS OF INFLUENZA VACCINATION, PREDICTORS OF ADMISSION REFERRAL SOURCES AMONG YOUTHS, AND MONITORING PATIENT'S SAFETY, PARTICULARLY TRENDS IN SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT USE AND ELOPEMENT RATE, AMONG OTHERS.

NRI DEVELOPED A DETAILED WORKPLAN TO REVIEW AND ASSESS MISSISSIPPI'S DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH PERFORMANCE METRICS RELATED TO THE DMH'S FOUR STATE OPERATED PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS. THIS INCLUDED CATALOGING AND REVIEWING APPROXIMATELY 200 METRICS AND DATA COLLECTION STRATEGIES. NRI PROVIDED A STRUCTURED SURVEY TO ASSESS DATA QUALITY ISSUES, RECOMMENDED A COMPLEMENT OF METRICS THAT ALIGNED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH'S STRATEGIC GOALS. NRI PREPARED A WRITTEN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY TO ENSURE QUALITY AND CONSISTENT DATA ACROSS ALL FACILITIES, STATE-WIDE.

NRI WORKED WITH MYERS AND STAUFFER, LC TO CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS AND COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF NEBRASKA'S NORFOLK REGIONAL CENTER AND LINCOLN REGIONAL CENTER. NRI LED KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS AND PARTICIPATED IN FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS. BASED ON NRI'S RESEARCH, RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DEVELOPED FOR NEBRASKA'S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ON HOW TO STREAMLINE OPERATIONS AT THE TWO INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES.

1. NRI, THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH SAMHSA'S CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH STATISTICS AND QUALITY (CNHS), AND EAGLE TECHNOLOGIES., INC. WORKS WITH ALL 50 STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES TO ENHANCE THEIR DATA REPORTING CAPACITIES, INCREASE THEIR USE OF DATA IN SYSTEM OVERSIGHT AND PLANNING, AND FACILITATE REPORTING OF THEIR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH BLOCK GRANT PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND NATIONAL OUTCOME MEASURES (NOMS). EACH YEAR, STATES AND TERRITORIES SUBMIT THEIR UNIFORM REPORTING SYSTEMS (URS) AND MENTAL HEALTH CLIENT-LEVEL (MH-CLD) DATA TO NRI FOR PROCESSING, REVIEW AND ANALYSIS.2. NRS PROVIDES STATE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, IN COLLABORATION WITH NASMHPD, TO THE SAMHSA CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. THIS INITIATIVE ASSISTS 23 STATES THAT HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING IN DEVELOPING AND/OR EXPANDING A CRISIS BED REGISTRY SYSTEM. NRI IS SHARING THE INFORMATION WITH THE STATES VIA WEBINARS AND CONFERENCE CALLS AND IS PREPARING A REPORT SUMMARIZING THE EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE 23 STATES.