Erschienen in:
12.11.2015
Letter to the Editor on “Implementation of Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) Processes in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Centers”
verfasst von:
James H. Ford II, PhD
Erschienen in:
The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research
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Ausgabe 3/2016
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Excerpt
The article,
Implementation of Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) Processes in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Centers,
1 provides an excellent overview of the organizational characteristics associated with use of the NIATx model. However, my experience both as a process improvement coach and researcher suggests that the findings do not fully explain the entire picture. For example, Appendix A associated with McCarty et al
2 indicates that the size of the providers in the original NIATx cohort appears to be larger (avg. = 4.48, SD = 0.99) than this article’s sample. However, those numbers reflect total staff not FTE’s where NIATx was implemented (e.g., residential or IOP). …