Improving Outcomes and Costs With System-Level, Physician-Led Interdisciplinary Case Review.

Improving outcomes and reducing costs for individuals with frequent acute episodes of care is a high priority for community behavioral health systems and managed care organizations. This column illustrates the application of interdisciplinary, interagency teamwork-with clinical leadership by the system psychiatric medical director-to a county-level quality improvement team process, a change that resulted in significant improvements in outcomes and costs over a 7-year period.