Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health

This innovative volume presents a cogent case for quality improvement (QI) in behavioral healthcare as ethical practice, solid science, and good business. Divided between foundational concepts, key QI tools and methods, and emerging applications, it offer

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Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health

Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health

William O’Donohue • Alexandros Maragakis Editors

Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health

Editors William O’Donohue Department of Psychology University of Nevada Reno, NV, USA

Alexandros Maragakis Department of Psychology and Counseling University of Central Arkansas Conway, Arkansas, USA

ISBN 978-3-319-26207-9 ISBN 978-3-319-26209-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-26209-3

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Contents

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Introduction: The Quality Agenda in Behavioral Health ................... William O’Donohue and Alexandros Maragakis

2

Behavioral Health Conditions: Direct Treatment Costs and Indirect Social Costs ........................................................................ Erin Grinshteyn and Jeanne Wendel

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3

The Need for Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health .................. Brandon A. Gaudiano, Kristy L. Dalrymple, Catherine D’Avanzato, and Liviu Bunaciu

33

4

Total Quality Improvement: Increase Quality and Efficiency ............ Jeanne Wendel

55

5

Quality Improvement and Clinical Psychological Science .................. Michael E. Levin and Sarah A. Potts

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6

The Toyota Way....................................................................................... Hiroto Ito

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The Business Case for Quality Improvement in Behavioral Healthcare ........................................................................ Robert L. Dyer

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Process Mapping to Improve Quality in Behavioural Health Service Delivery .......................................................................... 109 Julie K. Johnson and Deborah Debono

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Ishikawa Diagram ........................................