NAPHS and its members are committed to the delivery of responsive, accountable, and clinically effective prevention, treatment, and care for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults with mental and substance use disorders.

Kathleen McCann, R.N., Ph.D., is the association's Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs, serving as the key contact for both members and policy leaders on a wide range of quality, clinical, accreditation, and regulatory issues.

Learn more about the following quality initiatives and resources:

  • Performance measurement.  NAPHS is playing a leadership role in efforts now underway to implement core measures for inpatient psychiatric services. View a commentary by NAPHS President/CEO Mark Covall in Modern Healthcare ("Parity on quality, too: Behavioral providers to be held to quality standards like general hospitals" -- reprinted with permission of Modern Healthcare).  Sign up for trainings on preparing your hospital for core measure reporting.  Also read about the association’s work in a Special Report (.pdf). Members: Also see the members-only Web site.
  • National Quality Forum participation. NAPHS was approved in 2010 as a member of the National Quality Forum (NQF) and will serve on the Provider Council. NQF-endorsed standards are the primary standards used to measure and report on the quality and efficiency of health care in the U.S., and the organization is recognized as a major force driving continuous improvement of healthcare quality. NAPHS has worked with NQF through the approval process for the Hospital-Based Inpatient Psychiatric Services (HBIPS) core measures and will continue to work with NQF on future measure development. Membership allows NAPHS to have a more active role in identifying measurement priorities and representing the needs of behavioral healthcare organizations within the NQF process.
  • Representation on Joint Commission PTACs. NAPHS holds seats on two key Professional and Technical Advisory Committees (PTACs) within The Joint Commission: the Hospital PTAC and the Behavioral Health PTAC. NAPHS also participates in The Joint Commission's Liaison Network.
  • Smoking cessation and health. NAPHS is working with the National Mental Health Partnership for Wellness and Smoking Cessation to make health and wellness a priority for people with mental illnesses and for the providers who serve them. NAPHS is offering a training with faculty from the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center of the University of California San Francisco to help psychiatric facilities address clinical and policy issues related to smoking cessation.
  • Information technology.  NAPHS has formed an Information Technology (IT) Committee to help the association develop public policy strategies on IT issues. Read the NAPHS Information Technology Principles (updated in April 2006).
  • Training for clinical and administrative staffs (on issues ranging from suicide prevention to safety standards)
  • MEMBERS ONLY (password required for members-only section):  "NAPHS Networking" forums online allow you to connect with other members on quality and other issues. After accessing the members-only section, please "login" to use all functions of "NAPHS Networking."
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