2016-2018 Action Plan

Priority Issue: Behavioral Health Treatment

How do we strengthen the behavioral health treatment system to respond to the complexity of behavioral health issues?

Impact DuPage partnered with the Behavioral Health Collaborative (BHC), formerly the Treatment Leadership Team, in development of goals and strategies addressing mental health and substance abuse treatment, acknowledging the co-occurrence of these issues.

Vision: All DuPage County residents are able to reach their full potential through a fully integrated behavioral health system that has sufficient capacity to provide high quality, client-driven services.

Mission:The Behavioral Health Collaborative works collaboratively to identify and implement data-driven strategies that improve access and quality of behavioral health services for all DuPage County residents, advocate for aligning resources and funding, and educate the community about the signs and symptoms of mental health issues. 

 

For more information, contact BHC Co-Chair Lori Carnahan.

Related Key Indicators
Compared to U.S. Counties, DuPage has a value of 10.3 which is in the best 50% of counties. Counties in the best 50% have a value lower than 17.1 while counties in the worst 25% have a value higher than 21.4. Age-Adjusted Death Rate due to Suicide
(Compared to U.S. Counties)
Compared to IL Counties, DuPage has a value of 11.7% which is in the best 50% of counties. Counties in the best 50% have a value lower than 15.3% while counties in the worst 25% have a value higher than 15.8%. Poor Mental Health: 14+ Days
(Compared to IL Counties)
Compared to IL Counties, DuPage has a value of 15.0% which is in the best 50% of counties. Counties in the best 50% have a value lower than 15.0% while counties in the worst 25% have a value higher than 16.0%. Depression: Medicare Population
(Compared to IL Counties)
Status of Goals, Objectives, and Key Actions
 
 
 
 
 

Outcome Objective 1: By December 31, 2018, establish a system of navigation that improves the ability of the provider network to ensure consumers understand, access, and receive treatment services.

Impact Objective 1.1: By December 31, 2016, develop an integrated model for a navigator and resource and referral system.

Key Actions:          

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Establish a workgroup to develop the model.
Research/survey of existing efforts serving county patients.
Research navigation models in use in other communities.
Create model for DuPage.
Identify population groups/create a tiered plan to serve each group.
Develop a plan which will include the cost, technology, and necessary partners.
   

Impact Objective 1.2: By December 31, 2016, identify at least one strategy to address social and economic barriers to behavioral health treatment services.

Key Actions:          

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Review assessments to date.
Identify gaps in data.
Create recommendations for strategies.
 
 

Impact Objective 1.3: By December 31, 2017, develop a coordinated system of managing real-time supply and demand of behavioral health care.

Key Actions:          

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Identify and collect the provider capacity and service demand data to be shared.
Identify funding sources.
Conduct outreach to critical partners.

Impact Objective 1.4: By December 31, 2018, implement pilot phase of navigator and resource and referral system.

Key Actions:          

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Establish partner agreements/commitments.
Secure funding.
Develop and implement outreach and communications plan.
Establish evaluation metrics.

Impact Objective 1.5: By December 31, 2018, educate 10% of primary care partners, 10% of school educators, 10% of justice system providers about behavioral health resources in the community.

Key Actions:          

Completed      In progress      Not Started     
 
Develop tool to increase primary care providers referrals to community resources.
Create tool and/or curriculum to educate schools, justice system, and other natural community supports (e.g. faith communities) about mental health and substance abuse issues.
Provide referral information to schools, justice system partners, and other community supports (e.g. faith communities).

Outcome Objective 2: By December 31, 2018, create a system of measurement of quality where at least 5 safety net behavioral health provider partners adopt and share common quality indicators.

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Impact Objective 2.1: By December 31, 2017, identify common subjective and objective quality indicators for DuPage County behavioral health treatment providers.

Key Actions:          

Completed      In progress      Not Started     
 
Research established indicators.
Research best practice methods to obtain consumer satisfaction data.
Conduct outreach to providers to determine current measures and discuss alignment of indicators.
   
 

Outcome Objective 3: By December 31, 2018, explore and implement one or more innovations to increase pipeline capacity of quality providers.

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Impact Objective 3.1: By December 31, 2017, establish at least two partnerships with psychiatric and mid-level provider training institutions to increase pipeline capacity of quality providers working within DuPage County.

Key Actions:          

Completed      In progress      Not Started     
 
Research training institutions in metropolitan Chicago area.
Propose strategies targeting training institutions which will increase number of quality behavioral health providers.
Establish contacts at local training institutions.
 
 
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