Readmissions Quality Collaborative
Links to Clinical Resources and Articles
Teach-Back Method | Co-occurring Disorders | Clozaril | Motivational Interviewing | Recent Articles
- Teach-Back Training and Toolkit
from Health Literacy Iowa and Unity Point Health
- Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment (IDDT) Fidelity Scale Information from the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS)
- TIP 35: Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Abuse Treatment
from SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- Screening and Assessment Instruments (TIP 35, Appendix B)
- Stages of Change and Treatment Eagerness Scale (SOCRATES 8A) readiness scale (from TIP 35, Appendix B)
- A ‘Stages of Change’ Approach to Helping Patients Change Behavior
- Decisional Balance Sheets and Importance Rating Scales provided by Lutheran Medical Center, a member of the Collaborative.
- Motivational Interviewing during Assessment protocol, with supervisory tools and fidelity assessment, from an initiative of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and SAMHSA
- Risk factors for early readmission to acute care for persons with schizophrenia taking antipsychotic medications (Psychiatric Services, December, 2013). Using administrative data, researchers identified short length of time on current medication, previous high utilization of acute care, and comorbid medical and/or substance abuse disorders as predictors of 30-day readmissions to inpatient psychiatry.
- Care Transition Program Significantly Lowers Hospital Readmission Rates, According to Data from the Bronx Collaborative (June 26, 2013). Discharge education and follow-up phone calls by nurses significantly reduced readmission rates.
- Telephone Therapy Technique Brings More Veterans into Mental Health Treatment In a pilot study, motivational interviewing by phone increased initial engagement.
- Text Message Reminders of Appointments: A Pilot Intervention at Four Community Mental Health Clinics in London
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