OnTrackNY's learning healthcare system. Issue 4 (6th April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Humensky, Jennifer L.; Bello, Iruma; Malinovsky, Igor; Nossel, Ilana; Patel, Sapana; Jones, Genevra; Cabassa, Leopoldo J.; Radigan, Marleen; Sobeih, Tarek; Tobey, Caroline; Basaraba, Cale; Scodes, Jennifer; Smith, Thomas; Wall, Melanie; Labouliere, Christa; Stanley, Barbara; Dixon, Lisa B.
• Is Part Of: Journal of clinical and translational science. Volume 4:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 301
• Page End: 306
• Publication Date: 2020-04-06
• Subjects: First episode psychosis, -- recent-onset psychosis, -- learning healthcare system, -- community-based participatory research, -- informatics, -- suicide prevention; Clinical medicine -- Research -- Periodicals; Medicine, Experimental -- Periodicals; Human experimentation in medicine -- Periodicals; 616.027
• DOI: 10.1017/cts.2020.35
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2059-8661

Abstract

Abstract: Worldwide, early intervention services for young people with recent-onset psychosis have been associated with improvements in outcomes, including reductions in hospitalization, symptoms, and improvements in treatment engagement and work/school participation. States have received federal mental health block grant funding to implement team-based, multi-element, evidence-based early intervention services, now called coordinated specialty care (CSC) in the USA. New York State's CSC program, OnTrackNY, has grown into a 23-site, statewide network, serving over 1800 individuals since its 2013 inception. A state-supported intermediary organization, OnTrackCentral, has overseen the growth of OnTrackNY. OnTrackNY has been committed to quality improvement since its inception. In 2019, OnTrackNY was awarded a regional hub within the National Institute of Mental Health-sponsored Early Psychosis Intervention Network (EPINET). The participation in the national EPINET initiative reframes and expands OnTrackNY's quality improvement activities. The national EPINET initiative aims to develop a learning healthcare system (LHS); OnTrackNY's participation will facilitate the development of infrastructure, including a systematic approach to facilitating stakeholder input and enhancing the data and informatics infrastructure to promote quality improvement. Additionally, this infrastructure will support practice-based research to improve care. The investment of the EPINET network to build regional and national LHSs will accelerate innovations to improve quality of care.