The purpose of BHS Practice Guidelines is to aid in the development and support of a standard of care that is guided by research and evidenced based practices. It is the policy of BHS to maintain a process to develop, adopt and implement Practice Guidelines in order to continuously improve care processes and thereby improve outcomes of care for beneficiaries.
Practice Guidelines shall meet the following requirements:
- Be based on valid and reliable clinical evidence or a consensus of behavioral health care professionals in the applicable field.
- Consider the needs of beneficiaries.
- Are adopted in consultation with health care professionals.
- Are reviewed and updated periodically as appropriate.
BHS will provide and/or coordinate the necessary training when implementing new and/or updating Practice Guidelines.
BHS County and County Contracted providers involved in the delivery of services in the Mental Health Plan (hereby referred to as Orange MHP) and Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) are to attend or complete the required training provided on Practice Guidelines and to utilize the most current Practice Guidelines as a model to guide service provision and professional practice.
Please click the links below for Practice Guidelines adopted and/or created by BHS.
In addition, please see our Policy & Procedure surrounding the development and implementation of Practice Guidelines.
BHS Policy & Procedure: Practice Guidelines Development and Implementation
List of Practice Guidelines:
| BHS Treatment Interventions for Trauma |
Adopted |
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| Practice Guideline |
2012 |
| Additional Resources |
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