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Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Committee
There are 14 documents on this web page. At the top to each document is a brief description of it's contents. This set of documents begins on page 64 of a larger set of Kaiser Permanente material.
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64, document 1 of Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Committee -
Cover Page - Purpose, Scope, Functions, Structure.
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65, document 2 of Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Committee -
content provides information on membership of committee and
Committee goals for the year 2002.
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66, document 3 of Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Committee -
Titled Appendix G 2003 Behavioral Health Care Program
Description
covering; Purpose, Scope/Structure, Inpatient psychiatry
services/Program, Outpatient psychiatry services.
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67, document 4 of Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Committee -
Decription of program Adult Services, Child Services, Outpatient
Chemical Dependency Services, Chemical Dependency Recovery Programs
(CDRP), Psychiatry After Hours Call Center
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68, document 5 of Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Committee -
Description of the Stanislause Provider Network (SPN), Key
Leaders, Chair of the Chiefs of Psychiatry - Regional Director of
Inpatient Psychiatry/Utilization, heading for Regional Chief of Quality
for Behavioral Health Services. Job Descriptions of each
position.
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69, document 6 of Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Committee - -
Continuation of Description of Job Duties of Regional Chief of Quality
for Behavioral Health Services, Chair of the Chiefs of Chemical
Dependency Services, Regional Mental Health Administrator, the
Committees with Accountability - Committees that perform functions in
Kaiser described in the Northern California Program Description,
Committees with major accountabilities in Behavioral Health.
Page 68, document 4
of Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Committee -
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70, document 7 of Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Committee -
Chart showing the various functions of said Committees,
Frequency
of meetings, who the membership is comprised of and who they make
recommendations to.
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71, document 8 of Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Committee -
Continuation of Committee function chart, Descriptions of Chiefs of
Psychiatry, Psychiatry Coordinating Committee (PCC), Integrated Urgent
Services Committee (IUS), and beginning of description for Chiefs of
Chemical Dependency Services.
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72, document 9 of Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Committee -
Continuation of description of duties of Chiefs of Chemical
Dependency Services, Linkages - Best Practices Steering Committee,
Chiefs of Psychology and Social Work Team, Child Psychiatry Team Leads
Peer Group, Behavioral Medicine Sub-Chiefs, Regional Pharmacy and
Therapeutic Committee (P & T), Medical Center UM Committees,
Medical Center Quality Committees.
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73, document 10 of Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Committee -
Description of Interregional New Technology Committee -
Section v
(5) Quality/Access Description, their goals, quality improvement
activities, the best practices committee description, Clinical Practice
Guidelines (CPG's) and how they are developed. -
method of
patient access into this system - there is no approval process, just
call them up and you are in the behavioral health system.
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74, document 11 of Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Committee -
further information on patients self enrolling in behavioral
health program - Section VI - Utilization Management and how it is
linked with the Kaiser UM core elements as well as the Kaiser program
goals and objectives. - Description of Designated Physician -
The
Behavioral Health Guidelines - beginning of UM Decisions.
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75, document 12 of Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Committee -
Continuation of UM decision description, What the
appropriate professionals do and their qualifications, Triage and
Referral, Transition of Care, Monitoring Over and Under Utrilization
information.
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76, document 13 of Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Committee -
Continuation of Monitoring Over and Under Utilization,
Section VII (7) - Satisfaction of member and practitioner,
Section VIII - (8) Resources description, Section IX (9) -
Evaluation/Review/Approval of the BH Program description.
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77, document 14 of Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Committee -
Chart showing the structure of the Behavioral Health
Committee.
