Institute for Behavioral Healthcare Improvement Information

The Institute for Behavioral Healthcare Improvement is a not for profit organization (501c3) formed in 2006 dedicated to improving the quality and outcome of behavioral health care. Strategic target areas identified for early action are:• Improvement of care in hospital Emergency Departments;• Development of more integrated approaches to general and behavioral healthcare; and• Improvement of access to care for children and adolescents. Improving Emergency Department care brings into play the other strategic areas and therefore was selected after listening to providers, regulators and consumers throughout the country. IBHI has just completed the active stage of managing a Collaborative of six hospitals working to improve care for behavioral health consumers in emergency departments. IBHI is openly patterned after the very successful Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (IHI) We have adopted many of the practices IHI has successfully used in improving care for general healthcare patients, especially the Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BTS). IBHI has a board of directors from across the nation, and is open to membership for anyone interested in the objectives of the organization. The organization expects most of its efforts to address improvements in care outside hospitals.