Refer Clients Elsewhere

Problem:

Clients spend too much time waiting for treatment when they could be in treatment elsewhere.

Solution:

Refer clients elsewhere so that they can be seen right away. Featured

Featured Stories

Oakwood Clinical Associates in Kenosha, Wisconsin ensures that clients to not have unrealistic expectations about getting into treatment promptly and refer them elsewhere if they cannot see them within two weeks.

Daybreak Youth Services in Spokane, Washington and Perinatal Treatment Services (PTS) in Seattle, Washington collaborated to cross-refer adolescent females who needed residential addiction treatment. PTS had open beds for publicly funded girls while Daybreak was trying to achieve a more balanced mix of privately and publicly funded clients and had a waiting list.

Lessons Learned

Cycle Measure

Number of clients referred elsewhere

Data Collection Form

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