{"title":"Developing clinical work processes in a state psychiatric hospital: a case study.","authors":"D A Gilbert, W V Rago","doi":"10.1007/BF02898515","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation applied the continuous quality improvement (CQI) concept of work process to the delivery of clinical services in each of its eight state psychiatric hospitals. Two different clinical processes were involved: (1) individualized psychiatric treatment and (2) medical treatment. The processes were then benchmarked against national leaders in the delivery of public psychiatric hospital services. This case study demonstrates the applicability of the work process concept to a clinical environment where it can function as a management tool that can significantly improve the quality and efficiency of services provided to individual patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":73827,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mental health administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF02898515","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of mental health administration","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02898515","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation applied the continuous quality improvement (CQI) concept of work process to the delivery of clinical services in each of its eight state psychiatric hospitals. Two different clinical processes were involved: (1) individualized psychiatric treatment and (2) medical treatment. The processes were then benchmarked against national leaders in the delivery of public psychiatric hospital services. This case study demonstrates the applicability of the work process concept to a clinical environment where it can function as a management tool that can significantly improve the quality and efficiency of services provided to individual patients.