Three peer recovery Number of positive Referred 173 patients to treatment. coaches will be hired and screens will undergo a three month Successfully linked 73 training program provided Number of brief patients to SUD treatment. by Mosaic Group interventions by coaches Mosaic is continuing Data collection to track to work with the leadership outcomes of program Number of referrals of Mercy Hospital to to treatment develop a protocol for the implementation of SBIRT. Number of linkages to treatment Approximately 50% Develop systems that Convene a meeting with Number of Scheduled meeting with of individuals who will allow better BHS Baltimore and HCAM individuals HCAM and Horowitz call the BHS outreach to to discuss strategies to who Center for Health Baltimore intake and individuals who call increase show rates for attended Literacy in January referral phone line the intake and referral individuals that call the I first intake never show up for line but do not present and R line. appointment HCAM Identifying their intake visit at a for their treatment baseline data from FY treatment center. intake Identify resources to Number of 2013 increase incentives for individuals individuals who do show at who were a first appointment no-show for Work closely with the appointment University of and were of Public Health rescheduled Horowitz Center for Health and Literacy to investigate the successfully feasibility of using text attended messaging systems as visit appointment reminders.
Three peer recovery coaches will be hired and will undergo a three month training program provided by Mosaic Group Data collection to track outcomes of program Number of positive screens Number of brief interventions by coaches Number of referrals to treatment Number of linkages to treatment Referred 173 patients to treatment. Successfully linked 73 patients to SUD treatment. Mosaic is continuing to work with the leadership of Mercy Hospital to develop a protocol for the implementation of SBIRT. Approximately 50% of individuals who call the BHS Baltimore intake and referral phone line never show up for their intake visit at a treatment center. Develop systems that will allow better outreach to individuals who call the intake and referral line but do not present for their treatment intake Convene a meeting with BHS Baltimore and HCAM to discuss strategies to increase show rates for individuals that call the I and R line. Identify resources to increase incentives for individuals who do show at first appointment Work closely with the University of of Public Health Horowitz Center for Health Literacy to investigate the feasibility of using text messaging systems as appointment reminders. Number of individuals who attended first intake appointment Number of individuals who were a no-show for appointment and were rescheduled and successfully attended visit Scheduled meeting with HCAM and Horowitz Center for Health Literacy in January HCAM Identifying baseline data from FY 2013
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