Monday, December 30, 2024
12/30/2024
Project Name and Summary: Aurora Community Mental Health Center, d/b/a Aurora Mental Health Center (AuMHC) proposes to become a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic to increase access to coordinated mental health, substance use, medical, recovery supports and intensive services for individuals who have or at risk of a behavioral health condition, as well as building staff expertise and capacity for population health management. Population to be Served: individuals who have or are at risk for a mental illness or addictions disorder, including individuals with co-occurring disorders. We will focus on three key underserved subpopulations to reduce disparities in behavioral healthcare access and outcomes: refugees, aslyees and immigrants; individuals experiencing homelessness; and members of the Armed Forces and Veterans. Strategies/Interventions: We will integrate best practices for high risk populations to elevate our standard of care, building our staff expertise, evidence-based treatment modalities, and population health management capacity to become a trauma center of excellence. Key activities include: integrating CCBHC standards into all aspects of operations; investment in technology solutions and infrastructure to increase system functionality; staff training to improve clinical competency and culturally-responsive and person-centered care; building capacity for data-driven performance monitoring and improvement activities; centralizing client access to care, and creating an Advisory Workgroup and other feedback mechanisms to improve client experience of care. Project Goals and Measureable Objectives: Goal 1 is to elevate standard of care by achieving CCBHC standards, as measured by updating and operationalizing policies and workflows, increasing Program Analyst, Training, Information Systems, and Quality staff, and establishing a Quality Improvement Plan. Goal 2 is to improve client experience of care by increasing client feedback mechanisms and implementing strategic initiatives to address client-identified barriers to care, as measured by completing a community needs assessment, establishing a centralized contact center, administering client satisfaction surveys, providing staff training in customer service, and establishing an Advisory Workgroup. Goal 3 is to increase capacity to effectively treat clients through training and population health management, as measured by training staff in evidence-based practices and addictions counseling, establishing logic models and key outcomes for clinical programs, and developing data dashboards for population health monitoring. Goal 4 is to increase capacity to conduct data-driven performance improvement activities by increasing use of technology, staff data literacy, and technology functionality, as measured by building interoperability between electronic health record, human resources information system, general ledger and training management platforms, and completing technical enhancements to the electronic health record and training management systems.
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