title: Public-academic partnerships: a program to improve the quality of antipsychotic prescribing in a community mental health system.
abstract: State mental health authorities can use public-academic partnerships to create professional roles in which leaders can track trends, identify problems, and carry out quality improvement projects to address key issues. Leaders with positions in both academic institutions and state mental health authorities ensure access to resources, technical expertise, and key relationships to improve quality. The authors describe a public-academic partnership in New Hampshire and a quality improvement program it carried out. The program encourages providers at community mental health centers to adopt prescribing practices that limit the cardiometabolic side effects of antipsychotic medicines.
authors: Department of Health and Human Services, NHDHHS, Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, State Office Park South, 105 Pleasant St, Concord, NH 03301, USA. mary.f.brunette@dartmouth.edu
authors: Mary F
authors: MF
authors: Brunette
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: de Nesnera
authors: Karin
authors: K
authors: Swain
authors: Erik G
authors: EG
authors: Riera
authors: Doris
authors: D
authors: Lotz
authors: Stephen J
authors: SJ
authors: Bartels
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards*; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D009513:New Hampshire; D016730:Program Development; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012577:Schools, Medical
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents