TY - JOUR
T1 - Addiction treatment agencies' use of data
T2 - A qualitative assessment
AU - Wisdom, Jennifer P.
AU - Ford, James H.
AU - Hayes, Randy A.
AU - Edmundson, Eldon
AU - Hoffman, Kim
AU - McCarty, Dennis
N1 - Funding Information:
The Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) was supported through grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Evaluation activities were supported through awards from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (46876 and 50165), the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (through a subcontract from Northrop Grumman Corporation, PIC-STAR-SC-03-044), and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01 DA018282). National Program Office activities were supported through awards from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (48464), the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (through a subcontract from Northrop Grumman Corporation, PIC-STAR-SC-04-035).
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - Addiction treatment agencies typically do not prioritize data collection, management, and analysis, and these agencies may have barriers to integrating data in agency quality improvement. This article describes qualitative findings from an intervention designed to teach 23 addiction treatment agencies how to make data-driven decisions to improve client access to and retention in care. Agencies demonstrated success adopting process improvement and data-driven strategies to make improvements in care. Barriers to adding a process improvement and data-driven focus to care included a lack of a data-based decision making culture, lack of expertise and other resources, treatment system complexity, and resistance. Factors related to the successful adoption of process-focused data include agency leadership valuing data and providing resources, staff training on data collection and use, sharing of change results, and success in making data-driven decisions.
AB - Addiction treatment agencies typically do not prioritize data collection, management, and analysis, and these agencies may have barriers to integrating data in agency quality improvement. This article describes qualitative findings from an intervention designed to teach 23 addiction treatment agencies how to make data-driven decisions to improve client access to and retention in care. Agencies demonstrated success adopting process improvement and data-driven strategies to make improvements in care. Barriers to adding a process improvement and data-driven focus to care included a lack of a data-based decision making culture, lack of expertise and other resources, treatment system complexity, and resistance. Factors related to the successful adoption of process-focused data include agency leadership valuing data and providing resources, staff training on data collection and use, sharing of change results, and success in making data-driven decisions.
KW - Health services needs and demand
KW - Information services
KW - Quality of health care
KW - Substance abuse treatment centers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33751207444&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=33751207444&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11414-006-9039-x
DO - 10.1007/s11414-006-9039-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 17082981
AN - SCOPUS:33751207444
SN - 1094-3412
VL - 33
SP - 394
EP - 407
JO - Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research
JF - Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research
IS - 4
ER -