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Quality Improvement & Advocacy

Abused Patient?

Donald A. Eisner, Ph.D., J.D.
He is a lawyer and a psychologist

Quality Improvement (QI)

USC | LAW
Mental Health Experts Speak at Saks Institute Symposium
Kathi speaks on QI and Restraint Reduction
- Article here (Mirrored here)
- Video here
  USC professor underwrites new institute on law and mental health (Mirrored here)
See video of Kathi Stringer presenting at CA-NAMI's Annual State Conference Leadership Day - Click Here
QI Training Kathi did for Protection and Advocacy INC (PAI) HERE
Quality Improvement Committee Manual (QIC)
by Kathi Stringer. A Manual for CA Counties Mental Health Quality Committees

QIC Manual
Why I Wrote the QIC Manual
I wrote this before I wrote the QIC Manual - my reasons
Quality Improvement Committee - Inpatient and Tomorrow

Power to the People (To get Things Done)

QI Works - Restraint Reduction - Awards!

Corrective Action Works - Examples

C/A by Kathi Stringer

Corrective Action for Overcrowding
Riverside County Psychiatric Hospital
Emergency Treatment Services (ETS).
Click here for results
- State Out-of-Compliance Citation
  Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6, Page 7
Abuse in Victor Valley Community Hospital,
Victorville, California - Won $4,000 in small claims
Click here for results

Click on check above to see a larger copy
State Out-of-Compliance Citations - 10 Pages
Richard Dorsey M.D. lied but Patients Rights demands corrective action.
Click here for results
Abuse At Ingleside Campus Hospital
Rosemead, California - Patient Rights Cited Hospital for Correction
Click here for results
Other Corrective Action Accomplishments
Click here for results

Advocacy

Legal - California
I am a public defender in Orange County, with very little prior experience in the mental health arena. I have recently been assigned as the supervising attorney in the mental health unit, and have been trying to gather as much information as possible. Your website has been an invaluable resource and I wanted to thank you for the time and effort you have put into it. Thank you.
Lee Blumen

About Kathi Stringer

Manual for California Patient Rights

How to Request Psychiatric Records - A template

Reference for research Law, Regs & Code

California Title 9 Regulations here (pdf file, 130 pages)
Direct Link Here

California Code of Regulations (Title 9 & Title 22 here) More here

California Law (W&I Code here)

The Federal Register (Federal Codes here)

US Laws and Regulations

Federal Laws

Federal Regulations

Reference for Quality