title: The IPS supported employment learning collaborative.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Learning collaboratives aim to improve the quality and outcomes of health care. This paper updates the Johnson & Johnson-Dartmouth Community Mental Health Program, a 12-year learning collaborative on supported employment for people with mental illness.
  
  
  METHODS
  We gathered data from quarterly employment reports, monthly Individual Placement and Support (IPS) meetings, and presentations at the 2013 annual meeting of the learning collaborative.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The number of participant states or regions (and sites within these jurisdictions) was expanded to 16 jurisdictions in the United States and 3 in European countries. The quarterly rate of competitive employment has averaged 43% over 11 years in the U.S. sites. The collaborative has spawned numerous interactions, trainings, innovations, and research projects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Long-term learning collaboratives can produce high quality services, good outcomes, sustainability, and innovation.
authors: Department of Community and Family Medicine and Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
authors: Deborah R
authors: DR
authors: Becker
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
authors: Robert E
authors: RE
authors: Drake
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
authors: Gary R
authors: GR
authors: Bond
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D016832:Employment, Supported / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States