Knowledge Dissemination and Use KDU Subgroup Progress Report

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Knowledge Dissemination and Use (KDU) Subgroup
Progress Report

• Presentation to the Transformation Workgroup
• May 9, 2006

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Knowledge Dissemination Subgroup

• Charter of KDU subgroup Development of
  improved strategies to shorten the time span
  between when scientific and treatment/support
  advances are known, and when these advances are
  practiced.

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• Subgroup Membership
• Dean Babcock,
• Sabina Calhoun
• Gina Eckart (DMHA lead staff
• Susan Jones
• Chris McDougle
• Mike McKasson,
• Karen Moustafa
• Julie Newland
• Kathleen OConnell
• Tom Pavcov
• Bob Postlethwait (Subgroup Chair)
• Terry White
• Jack Williams
• Note the names with an have been added

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General Updates

• Our subgroup has met twice, 1/18 and 2/14. Some
  members have participated by conference telephone
  due to travel commitments and/or tight schedules.
• Six individuals, including subgroup members
  represented Indiana at a Regional Science to
  Service Meeting in Oklahoma City on April 17 and
  18th.

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General Updates

• discussion of the charter, seeking grounding and
  alignment on the task and definition of the
  product
• discussed the subgroup membership in order to
  assess the degree to which a full complement of
  expertise and knowledge was engaged to accomplish
  our task.
• additional members were invited to join the
  subgroup and the complete membership is reflected
  above.

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General Updates

• agreed that we would guard against re-inventing
  the wheel and would make sure that all meaningful
  existent literature and current initiatives
  focused on shortening the science to service
  cycle would be assessed prior to moving forward.
  
• agreed that our product would be a process that
  would have built in accountability, measurement,
  and funding with high probability of
  sustainability over time.
• Education and skilling of pre- and in-service
  providers will be core to the process
• to complete the process, continuous learning and
  quality improvement will have to be the new,
  universal culture if sustainability is to be
  assured

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KDU Background Reading

• The subgroup members have accessed literature on
  the topic of evidenced-based practices and the
  science to service cycle dynamics and
  implementation research. A listing of some of
  this material is the following

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KDU Background Reading

• The Indiana DMHA Transformation Grant proposal.
• Turning Knowledge Into Practice (Fall 0 ACMHA
  and TAC)
• Strategies for Disseminating Evidenced-Based
  Practices to Staff Who Treat People with Serious
  Mental Illness (12/01 APA, Corrigan, et al.)
• Identifying and Implementing Evidenced-Based
  Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
  (9/16/05 SAMSHA)

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KDU Background Reading

• Policy Implications for Implementing
  Evidenced-Based Practices (12/01 Goldman, et
  al.)
• Annapolis Coalition on Behavioral Health Work
  Force Education report to the WICHE Commission on
  5/20/02.
• Evidenced-Based Mental Health Practices (Lehman
  PORT study)
• New Freedom Commission Subcommittee on
  Evidenced-Based Practices Background Paper.

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Moving Forward

• Oklahoma City group has recommended merging of
  KDU and Results Management Subgroups.
  Recognizing the overlap between both groups goals
  and strategies, i.e. circular relationship/connect
  ion between results and practice, and practice
  results back to science.

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Moving Forward

• Offer support and recommendations to the system
  where results are not being seen due to lack of
  knowledge, competency and/or skill/education.
• As efforts continue, relevant stakeholders and
  knowledge experts will be incorporated into the
  subgroup

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• KDU meetings/minutes The minutes of the two
  meetings have been prepared by Gina and are
  available on request.