Mental Health Experts Advocate for New Clinical Management Approach That Dramatically Improves Patient Care
08 Novembre 2005 - 9:38PM
PR Newswire (US)
* Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and PacifiCare Behavioral Health
Partner to Teach Behavioral Health Solutions That Provide
Measurable Results for Treatment SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov. 8
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PacifiCare Behavioral Health (PBH) and
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, the nation's top-rated health plan for
both member satisfaction and clinical quality, will host more than
300 New England behavioral health practitioners to present a
compelling care management model that uses
scientifically-established tools and methods to quantify the
clinical results of psychotherapy -- something thought to be
impossible by the mainstream. The conference, Improving Behavioral
Health Care Using Outcomes Measurement, will be conducted on
Wednesday, November 9, 2005 at the Hilton Dedham from 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be offered to
attending social workers, psychologists and physicians. "This
conference is a call to all mental health practitioners to consider
adopting a scientifically-validated yardstick to objectively
measure clinical results and to use that data to inform treatment,"
said Richard Weisblatt, Ph.D., vice president of network services
for Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. "Today's medical community is
increasingly aligned with evidence-based care and this conference
is intended to support a similar movement within the behavioral
health community." Leading experts on outcomes-informed treatment
will present new clinical models and case studies that demonstrate
how patient self-reported data gathered during treatment can work
like a lab test to help therapists significantly reduce clinical
errors and improve overall treatment results. Conference presenters
include well-known behavioral health pioneers like Michael Lambert
Ph.D., professor, Department of Psychology, Brigham Young
University; John Lyons, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, medicine
and preventative medicine, Northwestern University Medical School;
Grant Grissom, Ph.D., president and founder, Polaris Health
Directions; David Kraus, Ph.D., chairman and founder, Behavioral
Health Laboratories; and Edward Jones, Ph.D., vice president and
chief clinical officer, PacifiCare Behavioral Health. "PBH first
implemented an outcomes-informed approach to care in 1999 and has
collected data on hundreds of thousands of patients. Our data show
that this approach is highly effective in measurably improving
treatment results," said Dr. Jones. "With so much overwhelming
empirical data from so many scientifically credible sources, it's
incumbent on our industry to begin taking accountability for
establishing clinical measurement standards that are on par with
our medical counterparts." About Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is a not-for-profit health plan with
approximately 900,000 members and a network of more than 22,000
doctors and 130 hospitals. Harvard Pilgrim provides innovative
approaches to health improvement and disease management, unique
online tools that speed and simplify key transactions for employers
and providers and personalized health support at
http://www.harvardpilgrim.org/. About PacifiCare Behavioral Health
PacifiCare Behavioral Health, Inc. provides mental health, chemical
dependency and employee assistance services to covered members and
maintains a national network of behavioral health care
practitioners. All PacifiCare Behavioral Health service centers
hold three-year, Full Accreditation from the National Committee for
Quality Assurance (NCQA), as well as URAC Health Utilization
Management and Case Management Accreditation. PacifiCare Behavioral
Health is a wholly owned subsidiary of PacifiCare Health Systems
(NYSE:PHS), with clients including health plans, union trust funds,
employers, school districts and public sector agencies. More
information on PacifiCare Behavioral Health can be obtained at
http://www.pbhi.com/. About PacifiCare Health Systems PacifiCare
Health Systems is one of the nation's largest consumer health
organizations with nearly 3.3 million health plan members and
approximately 11.3 million specialty plan members nationwide.
PacifiCare offers individuals, employers and Medicare beneficiaries
a variety of consumer-driven health care and life insurance
products. Specialty plan operations include behavioral health,
dental and vision, and complete pharmacy benefit management through
its wholly owned subsidiary, Prescription Solutions. More
information on PacifiCare Health Systems is available at
http://www.pacificare.com/. sharon_torgerson@hphc.org. DATASOURCE:
PacifiCare Health Systems CONTACT: Amy Nicklas of Harvard Pilgrim
HealthCare, +1-617-509-7400, ; or Brad Lotterman, APR of PacifiCare
Behavioral Health, +1-714-445-0453, ; or Dan Miller of PacifiCare
Health Systems, +1-714-226-3726, Web site:
http://www.pacificare.com/ http://www.pbhi.com/
http://www.harvardpilgrim.org/
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