CMHIS is housed at the Stanford Center for Dissemination and Implementation in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine. CMHIS, along with the Southwestern Plains Hub and the other four bi-regional hubs, draws on the latest research and extensive experiential knowledge of how to sustainably implement practices to support organizations and systems in improving mental health care. We can help you map the course to desired changes, navigate roadblocks, and provide support to ensure that the people who need it receive the excellent mental health care that providers always strive to deliver.
People seeking mental health care often have difficulty accessing care or receiving the most effective treatments. When organizations providing mental health care try implementing new services, they often run into organizational or systemic barriers. Sometimes, new practices may be deemed to “not work” when it could be the result of these barriers.
Fortunately, with implementation support, organizations can learn to anticipate and address communication, coordination, workforce knowledge and skills, and other barriers and resource gaps.
We can help your organization or system improve the delivery of mental health care by supporting you in preparing, implementing, and sustaining effective prevention, treatment, and recovery programs and services.
We offer support in the following areas:
- Engaging the community and assessing their mental health needs
- Identifying factors that influence implementation
- Deciding what support is needed to implement a new practice
- Measuring patient progress over time
- Marketing programs and services
- Using data to improve service delivery
- Evaluating program outcomes
- Sustaining service delivery
We serve HHS Regions 6 and 8, which include Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. These regions are home to over 94 federally recognized tribes in the U.S.