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Chapter 4: Strategies for Performance Measurement, Quality Improvement and Financing Services

Symposium—Using Logic Models as a Framework for Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Efforts: Results from the CMHS CQI Benchmarking Initiative
Chair: Angela K. Sheehan
Discussants: Sharon Hodges, Mario Hernandez

Theories of Change from a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Perspective: Integration of the Logic Model, CQI and Technical Assistance in Monroe County
Jody Levison-Johnson

Theories of Change from a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Perspective: Central Massachusetts Communities of Care Logic Model
Melodie Wenz-Gross

Using Logic Models as a Framework for Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Efforts:
Results from the CMHS CQI Benchmarking Initiative
Angela K. Sheehan

Symposium Discussion
Sharon Hodges, Mario Hernandez

Symposium—Using Data to Transform Indiana’s Behavioral Health System
Chair: Robert R. Friedman

Symposium Introduction
Betty Walton

Predictors of Improvement for Children Served in Developing Systems of Care:
Lessons for Transformation
Betty Walton

Implementation of Consumer Services Review
Ivor Groves, Janet S. McIntyre, Vicki S. Effland

Implementation of a Common Assessment Tool and Quality Management Process & Strength (CANS)
John S. Lyons, Betty A. Walton

Measuring Wraparound Fidelity in Indiana’s System of Care
Vicki S. Effland, Janet S. McIntyre

The Utility of Consumer Surveys for Improving Quality of Behavioral Healthcare Services
Randy J. Koch, Mary N. Shawver, Karen Cropsey, Rehana Kader

The Use of Risk Adjustment to Compare Mental Health Outcomes
John Robst, Norín Dollard, Mary I. Armstrong, Keren Vergon, Stephanie Romney

Pooled Funding and Resource Allocation in a System of a Care:
A Review of Expenditures and Outcomes
James Papp, Ann Klein

Child and Family Team Practice Improvement Reviews in Maricopa County Phoenix, Arizona
Nick D. Thelen, Lynette Tolliver, Toni T. Issadore

Integrating Web-Based Data Management Tools to Asses the Impact of School-Based Programs
Alisha Nichols, Rebecca Kelley, Christie Crosby, Kenny Gilyard , Kimbaird Avant

Transforming the Child Mental Health Agency through Research and Evaluation
Michele Solloway, Derenda Schubert, James K. Whittaker

A Needs Assessment of Conflict in Systems of Care
Mary E. Evans, Andrea Blanch, Roger A. Boothroyd, Huey-Jen Chen, Patrician Gilliam, Sheryl Schrepf

Symposium—Financing Strategies and Structures to Support Effective Systems of Care
Chair: Mary I. Armstrong

Symposium Introduction
Mary I. Armstrong

Study Overview and Findings: Financing Strategies and Structures
to Support Effective Systems of Care
Mary I. Armstrong, Roxann McNeish

Financing to Support Family and Youth Partnerships
Sheila Pires, Ginny Wood

Financing to Support a Broad Array of Services and Supports
Beth Stroul

Symposium Discussion
Mary I. Armstrong

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