Pilot of a team-based quality improvement strategy to improve cardiovascular risk factors care in community mental health centers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Populations with serious mental illness are less likely to receive evidence-based care for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. We sought to characterize the implementation of an adapted team-based quality improvement strategy to improve mental health providers' delivery of evidence-based CVD risk factor care.

Methods

In a 12-month, single arm pre/post pilot study in four behavioral health homes embedded within psychiatric rehabilitation programs, sites implemented an adapted Comprehensive Unit Safety Program (CUSP). Primary measures examined changes in organizational quality improvement culture and provider self-efficacy for CVD risk factor care. Secondary measures examined changes in acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of CUSP and receipt of

SUBMITTER: Murphy KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11825777 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature