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Quality Management and Outcomes Team
Contact Information
100 Fair Oaks Lane 4E-D
Frankfort, KY 40621-0001
Phone: (502) 564-4456
TTY: (502) 564-5777
Fax: (502) 564-9010

Chairperson
Lou Kurtz
Ext. 4500

Facilitator
Hope Barrett
Ext. 4527

Purpose

Recommendations by the Team will provide direction for the collection of information relevant to desired outcomes, methods of measurement, and design of processes for continuous outcomes management across the Department. The Team will evaluate outcomes that support the provision of quality services and explore areas for improvement.

Values

Services are provided in accordance with clinical practice guidelines that are supported by evidence and knowledge of best practices. Valid and reliable outcome information is used by stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement. The collection and presentation of outcome information includes a high regard to the confidential and sensitive nature of the information with which it is concerned. Outcome information is a vital component of Quality Management.

Method

  • The Department will provide a facilitator.
  • The Team will meet bi-monthly (opposite the Joint Commission on Information Continuity) with a pre-planned agenda.
  • Minutes will record discussions and recommendations.

Membership

Lou Kurtz, Chairperson, DBHDID
Hope Barrett, Facilitator, DBHDID
Dr. Dan Luchtefeld, Commissioner's Office and Facility Representative
Director and Representatives, Division of Administration and Financial Management
Manager and Representatives, AFM Quality Assurance Branch
Director and Representatives, Division of Behavioral Health
Director and Representatives, Division of Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
Representatives from Kentucky consumer organizations
A representative from each Community Mental Health Center
Representatives, UK Research and Data Management Center
Representative, UK Center on Drug and Alcohol Research
Representative, UK Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute

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