The Allegheny County (Pa.) Maternal Depression Initiative is a local system-change effort focused on increasing identification, referrals, and engagement in treatment as needed and appropriate for women at high risk for maternal depression. This monograph describes how and why the initiative was created, the processes through which it was implemented and evaluated, and the results and lessons learned.

Building Bridges: Lessons from a Pittsburgh Partnership to Strengthen Systems of Care for Maternal Depression

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Keyser, Donna

Beckjord, Ellen Burke

Firth, Ray

Frith, Sarah

Lovejoy, Susan L.

Mental Health

RAND Corporation

Arkansas' Tobacco Settlement Proceeds Act invests the state's share of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement funds in seven health-related programs. This report evaluates the activities and progress of each of the funded programs in achieving its goals and updates trends in outcome measures developed to monitor effects of the funded programs on smoking and other health-related outcome.

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress During 2008 and 2009 (Technical Report)

Business & Money

Schultz, Dana

Tharp-Taylor, Shannah

Dubowitz, Tamara

Yu, Hao

Business Culture

To learn how hospital labor and delivery units can achieve effective and sustainable teamwork practices and how much such practices affect staff experiences and patient outcomes, RAND researchers studied five units as they implemented improvements in their teamwork practices over a one-year period. They identified some key factors required by any given strategy for teamwork improvement but no standard template for implementation.

Achieving Strong Teamwork Practices in Hospital Labor and Delivery Units (Technical Report)

Medical Books

Farley, Donna O.

Sorbero, Melony E.

Salisbury, Mary

Administration & Medicine Economics

The Helping Families Raise Healthy Children initiative addressed depression among parents of children with early childhood developmental delays, aligning the early intervention and behavioral health systems with a focus on relationship-based care. The initiative focused on identification of at-risk families, referral, and engagement in services that addressed the needs of parents and young children in the context of their relationship.

Transforming Systems for Parental Depression and Early Childhood Developmental Delays: Findings and Lessons Learned from the Helping Families Raise Healthy Children Initiative

Pincus, Harold Alan

Sontag-Padilla, Lisa M.

Reynolds, Kerry A.

Reviews what has been learned over the past decade about performance-based payment strategies in health care and offers recommendations for the design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of value-based purchasing programs.

Measuring Success in Health Care Value-Based Purchasing Programs: Summary and Recommendations

Damberg, Cheryl L.

Mandel, Daniel

Martsolf, Grant

Raaen, Laura

Industries

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