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  1. AZ DBHS Newsletter, "Magellan dashboard aligns community efforts in strengthening the system based on core metrics." http://bit.ly/7h0jcT
  2. Engagement and collaboration - MHA Village goes further. They outreach to provide relationship, friendship & support. http://bit.ly/60mLcC
  3. USA Today attempts to end the persistent myth that suicide rates increase during the holidays. They generally decline. http://bit.ly/4w5bDE
  4. Jeannine and I wish you all Happy Holidays and a wonderful 2010! Click the link to view our Magellan e-card. http://bit.ly/8XbF39
  5. MIHS joins the Arizona State Hospital (AzSH) and ConnectionsAZ’s Urgent Psychiatric Center (UPC) who already made this commitment to health.
  6. On January 1, 2010, Maricopa Integrated Health Services (MIHS) at Desert Vista and the Annex will become smoke-free facilities.
  7. Visiting Mental Health America of Los Angeles' The Villages today, an adult integrated recovery services program. http://www.mhavillage.org/
  8. The army is equipping its leaders with ASIST and using an ad campaign reminiscent of the VA's "courage of a warrior." http://bit.ly/4Kh4t6
  9. Jeannine and I wish you all Happy Holidays and a wonderful 2010! Click the link to view our Magellan e-card. http://bit.ly/8XbF39
  10. NY Times article cites Columbia/Rutgers research that "Poor Children [Four Times] Likelier to Get Antipsychotics." http://bit.ly/8Qbq9A
  11. Radical therapy from peer supports in Phoenix. Kickball! (Partners in Recovery NCCBH video award submission, due 12/15) http://bit.ly/4nbkYQ
  12. The article includes quotes from CEO Richard Clarke and Certified ASIST Trainer Stacy Robertson as well as Katie Ayotte's powerful story.
  13. Today's Arizona Republic highlights the Magellan suicide intervention initiative for Maricopa to improve engagement. http://bit.ly/4YfFhf
  14. Dr. Laura Nelson in today's Arizona Republic, "Voice, choice and transparency is something we can all be proud of." http://bit.ly/6GZmVj
  15. On the first day of the Magellan/DBHS Provider Outcomes Dashboard, the interactive file was downloaded over 150 times! http://bit.ly/6MgzWy
  16. Read more from Mary K. Reinhart's coverage of the Maricopa mental health system and outcomes in the Arizona Guardian. http://bit.ly/8YD1C1
  17. We must find a way to have outcomes as the engine driving the train in this field. The interactive dashboard is an important first step.
  18. Con't - "...using near-real-time information to foster competition and improve performance. Allows consumers to see how clinics are faring."
  19. Reinhart writes, "The county’s behavioral health administrator today rolls out a new public database that compares the area’s 25 clinics..."
  20. Mary K. Reinhart reports one-page "Mental health dashboard offers reams of data, clinic comparisons" to foster competition, improve outcomes