Improving substance abuse data systems to measure 'waiting time to treatment': Lessons learned from a quality improvement initiative

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 256-265

  Hoffman, Kim A ^a   Quanbeck, Andrew ^b   Ford, James H ^b   Wrede, Fritz ^c   Wright, Dagan ^d   Lambert Wacey, Dawn ^e   Chvojka, Phil ^f   Hanchett, Andrew ^g   McCarty, Dennis ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Washington State Department of Social and Health Services   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY   (United States)

^e New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^g NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

data systems; health care quality improvement; Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment; performance measurement; wait time

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84555178544     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458211420090     Document Type: Article

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