# Presentation: 534979

## Creating a Strategy for Transformation

**A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director**
**Center for Mental Health Services**

- July 19, 2005
- Washington, DC

## NationalWorkforce Demographics

**National****Workforce Demographics**

**Women **
**(≈ 50% of total workforce)**

**Older employees, ages 46-64**
** ****(≈ 50% of total workforce)**

**Minorities **
**(26% of total workforce)**

## It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. 

- —Isaac Asimov
- Science fiction writer

## Framework for an EAP Strategy for Change 

- Clear picture of the Federal EAP industry—what are its form and function, how many people are served and how, and what are the expected outcomes.
- Evolution of national policies regarding EAPs
- Opportunities for
- --Further implementation of national standards of care
- --Delivery and implementation of core performance indicators
- --Adoption of modern information technology for service delivery
- --Inclusion of EAPs in health care delivery system

## Work is at the core of contemporary life for most individuals, providing financial security, personal identity, and the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to community life. 

- —National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

## Prevalence of Mental and Other Illnesses

- Estimated number of millions of Americans affected1

**44**

**9.8**

**13.4**

**23**

- 1Sources: Cancer, National Cancer Institute (2001 data); diabetes and heart disease, National Center for Health Statistics (2002 data); mental illnesses, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2002).

## Estimated Costs of Depression($ billion/year)

- Source:  International Labour Organization (2000). *Mental Health in the Workplace*

**$7.5**

**$12.4**

**$12.1**

**$11.7**

## IOM Strategies for “Crossing the Quality Chasm”

- Transform financing
- Transform human resources
- Transform treatment through rapid integration of evidence-based practices and performance measures
- Transform health care through the expanding use of information technology

## In a Transformed Mental Health System―

**Goal 1.** 	Americans understand that mental health is essential to overall health
**Goal 2.** 	Mental health care is consumer and family driven
**Goal 3.** 	Disparities in mental health services are eliminated
**Goal 4.** 	Early mental health screening, assessment, and referral to services are common practice
**Goal 5.** 	Excellent mental health care is delivered and research is accelerated
**Goal 6.** 	Technology is used to access mental health care and information

## Recovery

**Recovery**

*is a process, sometimes lifelong, through which a person achieves independence, self-esteem, and a meaningful life in the community.*

## The more cutting-edge ideas, concepts, guiding principles, and best practices we have in our mental health services toolbox, the 
more effective we will 
be—both for our 
organizations and 
for all the people
we serve. 

*The more cutting-edge ideas, concepts, guiding principles, and best practices we have in our mental health services toolbox, the *
*more effective we will *
*be—both for our *
*organizations and *
*for all the people*
*we serve. *