On-Demand Presentation | September 19, 2019
Data With A Soul: Using Utilization Management Data From Crisis Services As An Engine For System-Wide Quality Improvement
This session described how a crisis provider (Connections Health Solutions) and payer (Cenpatico Integrated Care) collaborated to develop a quality improvement process based on crisis utilization data. In our model, a crisis visit is considered a potential missed opportunity for community stabilization. Daily data on crisis visits is sent to the payer for more up-to-date trending analysis. Leaders from both organizations meet regularly to review the data and develop multiple rapid-cycle improvement projects for both adult and youth services. In the first year, we achieved a 30% reduction in crisis readmissions and a 40% reduction in the . . .