“The mission of the Mental Health Division is to promote recovery and safety.”

MHD Quality Improvement

In late 2004, the Mental Health Division began a journey to transform the Washington State publicly funded mental health care system into one that fosters recovery, resiliency, and stigma reduction. This vision underscores and provides an impetus for statewide initiatives and processes already in place to bring mental health customers and stakeholders together to improve quality of care, access, and client outcomes.

Two drivers for transformation can be found on this page: MHD’s quality strategy and the current MHD Strategic Plan. Links to Eastern State and Western State Hospital performance improvement activities are also available. Numerous aspects of statewide quality improvement are provided for review via committee charters, minutes, and reports on quality improvement initiatives. A proposal packet for statewide quality improvement opportunities is located in the Document section.

We welcome your comments on this page and on draft documents we have posted, and encourage your participation in statewide quality improvement initiatives.

Documents

Strategic Plan 2006-2011 [ 436 KB]

Statewide QI Project Application [ 77 KB]

2007 MHD Quality Strategy [ Cannot perform fsize(): Win32 Error Code = 2
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2003 MHD Quality Strategy [ 130 KB]

Hospital Quality Improvement

ESH Performance Improvement First Quarter 2005

WSH Improvement of Organizational Performance

Quality Commitee Information

IDG Committee Charter

Quality Council Charter

Quality Committee Information Flow

Quality Committee Meeting Minutes

IDG Minutes May 2005

IDG Minutes June 2005

IDG Minutes July 2005

IDG Minutes August 2005

Quality Council Dec 2004

Quality Council March 2005

Quality Council June 2005

Quality Improvement Initiatives

IDG Access to Care Evaluation Report [ 89 KB]

IDG Access to Care Process Summary

Slides from 3/05 DMAI Training

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For more ways to get in touch with the Department of Mental Health Services, go to the DSHS Contact Information Web page. Mental Health Related Questions Contact: