NIATX Web Site
Visit the NIATx web site for comprehensive information about the process improvement model along with the current events and resources related to health care reform and much, much, more. The following links are only some of the many resources on the NIATx site for getting started and to learn how NIATx works.
Process Improvement 101
This 60-minute, e-learning course provides an excellent overview of NIATx. The course is divided into seven segments so it can be taken at different times. Click here to begin the course at no charge.
Provider Toolkit
Click here to learn “The NIATx Way” and tools and techniques.
System-level Toolkit
The STAR-SI project is featured and other factors related to system change such as leadership, payer-provider relationship, performance management and improving outcomes are available. Click here.
Process Improvement Toolbox
For a more detail explanation of the tools and techniques, click here.
Getting Started Tips
Participants were asked to identify solutions for five scenarios at one of the ODADAS-sponsored trainings as part of STAR-SI regarding: 1) CEO Buy-in and Involvement; 2) Time Management; 3) Motivating Teams; 4) Data Analysis; and 5) Beginning New Projects. Follow this link to read about the results.
Promising Practices
Click here to learn about others’ changes that have been tested and have shown improvement.
YouTube about NIATx
On the NIATx web site there are several discussions about topics related to implementation such as members’ stories, walk-through myths, how to find time to do NIATx and getting unstuck. Click here to view the YouTube videos.
Prevention-Specific Items
Some of the tools used with treatment have been modified or recreated for use with prevention. These instruments are work in-process; therefore, they may change over time based upon the experience and findings of the prevention pilot project.
Prevention Walk-through Worksheet
NIATx Planning Guide for Prevention
Change Project Form
Access to Recovery
Access to Recovery boards and providers received training in NIATx. Click here to access the PowerPoint.