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September 01, 2008

This issue features innovations and QualityTools designed to improve the detection, diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses and co-occurring conditions. The featured innovations describe collaborative models for integrating behavioral health care with primary care. The featured QualityTools educate practitioners about  common psychiatric disorders, prescribing practices, and community suicide prevention efforts.
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Innovation Profiles:
- Mailed Reminders to Heart Attack Patients Improve Compliance With Beta-Blocker Medication Regimen
- Nurse Home Visits Improve Birth Outcomes, Other Health and Social Indicators for Low-Income, First-Time Mothers and Their Children
- Onsite Care Teams Enhance Access to Medical and Mental Health/Substance Abuse Services for Homeless Individuals
- Regional Consortium Enhances Access to Insurance Coverage, Primary and Acute Care for Low-Income Individuals
- Remote Screening, Diagnosis, and Guidance Improves the Ability of Primary Care Practices to Detect and Arrange Treatment For Mental Health Problems
- Routine Cultures, Real-Time Alerts, and Immediate Precautions Reduce Intensive Care Unit MRSA Infections
- Solo Physician's Use of Virtual and Phone Visits, Same-Day Appointments, and Extended In-Person Visits Leads to High Patient Satisfaction and Improved Chronic Disease Outcomes
- Weekly Group Classes Lead to Significant Weight Loss and High Levels of Satisfaction Among Low-Income, Racial and Ethnic Minorities

QualityTools:
- About Mood Disorders
- ACEIs or ARBs for Adults With Hypertension: Clinician's Guide
- AMI (Acute Myocardial Infarction) Materials
- Coming Together to Care: A Suicide Prevention Toolkit for Texas Communities
- Comparing Two Kinds of Blood Pressure Pills: ACEIs and ARBs
- Homelessness Resource Center
- HowsYourHealth Online Screening Tool
- Management of Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis
- Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs: A Summary for Clinicians and Policymakers
- Renal Artery Stenosis Treatments
- Smoking Cessation for Persons With Mental Illnesses: A Toolkit for Mental Health Professionals

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Last updated: September 01, 2008.
 
 
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