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Letter to the Editor on “Implementation of Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) Processes in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Centers”

Author: James H. Ford II, PhD

Published in: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research | Issue 3/2016

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The article, Implementation of Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) Processes in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Centers,1 provides an excellent overview of the organizational characteristics associated with use of the NIATx model. However, my experience both as a process improvement coach and researcher suggests that the findings do not fully explain the entire picture. For example, Appendix A associated with McCarty et al2 indicates that the size of the providers in the original NIATx cohort appears to be larger (avg. = 4.48, SD = 0.99) than this article’s sample. However, those numbers reflect total staff not FTE’s where NIATx was implemented (e.g., residential or IOP). …

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Title: Letter to the Editor on “Implementation of Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) Processes in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Centers”
Author: James H. Ford II, PhD
Publication date: 01-07-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 1094-3412
Electronic ISSN: 2168-6793
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-015-9486-3

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