Quality Improvement

Joint Commission’s Revised Requirements for SUD Treatment Take Effect July 1
The Joint Commission has unveiled a series of revisions to its standards for providing substance use disorder treatment to increase consistency among providers and improve quality of care.
Four Treatment Facilities Honored in Analysis of Post-Treatment Outcomes
Conquer Addiction, an organization seeking to improve the public's access to information about treatment quality, has announced the initial recipients of its Excellence in Treatment awards.
Leaders See Technology as Altering, Not Replacing, Clinicians' Work
A panel at NCAD East explored how mobile apps, artificial intelligence and other advances in technology may change the addiction treatment landscape.
Florida lawmakers revive and adopt patient protection legislation
Adopted legislation that had appeared to be heading toward failure will crack down on patient brokering and other abuses in Florida's treatment and sober living communities.
Mental Healthcare Providers Can Play a Role in Reducing Racism
What is our role in mental healthcare in this ongoing and unprecedented national crisis? Here are seven ways we can make a difference.
Behavioral Health as an Agent of Change, Part III: Primary Care Redesign
Psychosocial factors are clearly important in determining health status and driving primary care visits. If we are prepared, the primacy of behavior change in health improvement could place our field on the frontlines of healthcare delivery.
Behavioral Health as an Agent of Change, Part II: Improved Health
A focus on health obliges professionals to address wellness and wellbeing. While the focus may exist outside the bounds of the diagnostic manuals, professional attention is warranted.
Behavioral Health as an Agent of Change, Part I: Preventable Costs
As the healthcare sector grows to 18% of the gross domestic product (GDP) with no reversal in sight, demands for change are increasingly dire. For starters, how can behavioral healthcare help solve the dilemma of healthcare costs?
Outcomes Panel: Plenty of Signs of Hope for More Effective Evaluation
An NCAD East panel suggested that the addiction treatment community may be turning the corner on outcome evaluation that has historically stymied the field's progress.
FDA picks eight medical device firms to help battle opioid crisis
Eight medical device makers, including a startup that uses virtual reality to treat chronic pain, topped an innovation contest aimed at addressing the opioid crisis, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said last week.
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