Behavorial Healthcare Performance
The State of California Department of Mental Health (DMH) is seeking a contractor to
provide an operational Behavioral Healthcare Performance Measurement System
specifically designed for state mental health facilities. In 1997, the Board of
Commissioners of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
(Joint Commission) approved a plan, known as the ORYX initiative, to incorporate
performance measures as part of the accreditation process. All DMH State Hospitals
are accredited by the Joint Commission and are required to continue with the
accreditation process on a tri-annual basis. The DMH State Hospitals are required,
as a condition of the Joint Commission accreditation, to contract with an approved
performance measurement system to assist DMH State Hospitals in collecting,
measuring, and monitoring performance outcome measurement data and reporting summary
data to the Joint Commission.
