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Welcome. Reduce Waiting & No-Shows Increase Admissions & Continuation. NIATx Mission. To improve care delivery to help people live better lives To become the premier resource for systems and process improvement for behavioral health services. Research-based Best Practices.
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Welcome Reduce Waiting & No-Shows Increase Admissions & Continuation
NIATx Mission • To improve care delivery to help people live better lives • To become the premier resource for systems and process improvement for behavioral health services
Research-based Best Practices • Field-tested by your peers • Customer-focused • Use data to measure effectiveness
Why Process Improvement? • Customers are served by processes. • 85 percent of customer-related problems are caused by processes. • You must improve your processes to better serve your customers.
Why Organizational Change • Small changes do increase client satisfaction. • Satisfied clients are more likely to show up and continue their treatment. • More clients in treatment make your work more rewarding. • More admissions and fewer drop-outs improve the bottom line.
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The most important principle: “Know and understand your customer.”