Projects

Current Projects:   

• Evaluation of the integration of primary care services in two mental health centers.  Dowtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) and Harborview Mental Health Services HMHS as part of a grant to DESC from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), referred to as the "Primary & Behavioral Health Care Integration (PBHCI) Project."

Recently Completed Projects

• King County Care Partners’ Rethinking Care Program (RTC) Evaluation.  The RTC Program is dedicated to improving health care quality for Medicaid beneficiaries with complex and high-cost health care needs. CHAMMP has conducted a series of analyses to assess the program’s impact on improving quality of medical care and reducing medical costs.              Learn More >

• Evaluation of the Mental Health Benefit for the General Assistance/Disability Lifeline (DL) Program.  In January 2008, the state legislature added a mental health benefit to an existing managed care medical benefit with the intent of improving mental health status of clients in the DL Program in King and Pierce Counties. CHAMMP evaluated the impact of this benefit on state costs, client health, and use of services.  Learn More >

• Tracking Implementation of the Mental Health Integration Program (MHIP).  The MHIP is based on a model of collaborative care developed and tested by a team led by Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA to address patient’s mental health needs in the primary care setting. CHAMMP has documented implementation of this program since its inception in 2008.           Learn More >

• Evaluation of United Way's Efforts to End Chronic Homelessness Review of Existing Information.  In 2007, United Way undertook a Campaign to End Chronic Homelessness in King County. This report documents United Way’s overall progress in meeting this goal and assesses the impact of these efforts on clients and the systems that serve them.               Learn More >

• Evaluation of Washington State's Partnership Access Line (PAL): Impact of a Child Psychiatry Consultation Program on Provider Prescribing Characteristics and Child Outcomes.  Washington State funded the Partnership Access Line (PAL) in 2008 to provide free mental health consultation support to primary care providers treating children’s mental health disorders in primary care. This report focuses on an evaluation of medication and health services utilized by children enrolled in Medicaid Fee‐for‐Service (FFS) who were the focus of a PAL call. Learn More >

• Evaluation of Intimate Partner Violence and Co-Occurring Disorders on Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes.  The attached fact sheet contains the initial findings of a study undertaken to identify characteristics associated with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders (COD) among clients in publicly-funded chemical dependency treatment programs in Washington State and to assess the effect of COD on treatment outcomes. Learn More > 

• Prevalence of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Diagnosis among HMC Outpatients.  Harborview Medical Center’s (HMC’s) primary mission is to provide and teach exemplary patient care and to provide healthcare to King County’s mission population. Patients with mental illness and substance abuse are prominently listed among HMC’s priority patient populations. This report examined the prevalence of mental illness and substance abuse diagnoses among patients with various medical conditions seen at HMC outpatient clinics. Learn More >