Advancing the state-level tracking of evidence-based practices: a case study
Abstract Background Despite a sustained focus by policymakers and researchers on improving the standard of clinical care in public mental health services, the use of evidence-based practice remains low. Among other challenges, this reflects the difficulty of translating clinical research into useabl...
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| author | Sarah Cusworth Walker Georganna Sedlar Lucy Berliner Felix I. Rodriguez Paul A. Davis Savannah Johnson Jessica Leith |
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| description | Abstract Background Despite a sustained focus by policymakers and researchers on improving the standard of clinical care in public mental health services, the use of evidence-based practice remains low. Among other challenges, this reflects the difficulty of translating clinical research into useable policy that can be feasibly funded and monitored by state or large healthcare systems. Case presentation In this paper we present a case study of Washington State’s strategy for monitoring the use of clinical elements at the session level for all Medicaid-funded children’s mental health services. The implementation of this strategy reflects policy actions to promote effective practice while also actively influencing multiple other levels of the implementation ecology. The approach is informed by the Policy Ecology Framework, the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, the evidence-based policymaking literature, and common ontology and clinical elements models. Conclusions We found the strategy developed in Washington State to be a feasible method of collecting session level information about the use of effective clinical mental health practices. In addition, the approach appears to be having influence on multiple layers of the implementation ecology that could be explored through further study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f48d63f677941cb8d1703c57cb167de2022-12-21T20:05:42ZengBMCInternational Journal of Mental Health Systems1752-44582019-04-011311910.1186/s13033-019-0280-0Advancing the state-level tracking of evidence-based practices: a case studySarah Cusworth Walker0Georganna Sedlar1Lucy Berliner2Felix I. Rodriguez3Paul A. Davis4Savannah Johnson5Jessica Leith6Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of WashingtonDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of WashingtonHarborview Center for Sexual Assault and TraumaWashington State Health Care AuthorityWashington State Health Care AuthorityDuke UniversityDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of WashingtonAbstract Background Despite a sustained focus by policymakers and researchers on improving the standard of clinical care in public mental health services, the use of evidence-based practice remains low. Among other challenges, this reflects the difficulty of translating clinical research into useable policy that can be feasibly funded and monitored by state or large healthcare systems. Case presentation In this paper we present a case study of Washington State’s strategy for monitoring the use of clinical elements at the session level for all Medicaid-funded children’s mental health services. The implementation of this strategy reflects policy actions to promote effective practice while also actively influencing multiple other levels of the implementation ecology. The approach is informed by the Policy Ecology Framework, the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, the evidence-based policymaking literature, and common ontology and clinical elements models. Conclusions We found the strategy developed in Washington State to be a feasible method of collecting session level information about the use of effective clinical mental health practices. In addition, the approach appears to be having influence on multiple layers of the implementation ecology that could be explored through further study.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13033-019-0280-0ImplementationEvidence-based practiceEvidence-based policymakingCommon elementsLearning systemChildren’s mental health |
| spellingShingle | Sarah Cusworth Walker Georganna Sedlar Lucy Berliner Felix I. Rodriguez Paul A. Davis Savannah Johnson Jessica Leith Advancing the state-level tracking of evidence-based practices: a case study International Journal of Mental Health Systems Implementation Evidence-based practice Evidence-based policymaking Common elements Learning system Children’s mental health |
| title | Advancing the state-level tracking of evidence-based practices: a case study |
| title_full | Advancing the state-level tracking of evidence-based practices: a case study |
| title_fullStr | Advancing the state-level tracking of evidence-based practices: a case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advancing the state-level tracking of evidence-based practices: a case study |
| title_short | Advancing the state-level tracking of evidence-based practices: a case study |
| title_sort | advancing the state level tracking of evidence based practices a case study |
| topic | Implementation Evidence-based practice Evidence-based policymaking Common elements Learning system Children’s mental health |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13033-019-0280-0 |
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