Brief History of UK Research
and Data Management Center
1992
Dr. Robert Littrell receives a small grant from the Kentucky Department
for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services (KDMHMRS) to study the
outcomes of clients receiving clozapine in Kentucky’s four state
funded psychiatric hospitals.
Dr. Littrell’s clozapine study leads to a pilot project studying
the effect of medication refusal on clients at Eastern State Hospital
in Lexington, KY. The project is eventually expanded to include clients
at all four state funded psychiatric hospitals.
1993
Dr. Littrell and his staff acquire office space at Eastern State Hospital.
The Mental Health Research Center is formed, and a group mission is developed.
The need for an improved information system is revealed
during Dr. Littrell’s clozapine and medication refusal studies.
1995
KDMHMRS acquires the services of Deloitte and Touche to assist in an information
system needs assessment. Dr. Littrell serves as the Department’s
Project Director for the assessment.
The assessment concludes with a recommendation that
KDMHMRS put into service a statewide hospital information system, and
employ adequate personnel to manage information system resources. KDMHMRS
contracts with the Mental Health Research Center for personnel and services
to implement these recommendations. The Mental Health Research Center
is renamed the Mental Health Research and Data Management Center (RDMC).
Over the next five years KDMHMRS’ contract with
RDMC expanded to include the development of outcomes and performance measurement
systems to assist KDMHMRS in evaluation and decision-making.
1998 - 2001
By 1998, RDMC had produced a mental health performance measurement system
for Kentucky’s inpatient facilities. This system was recognized
as meeting the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations’
(JCAHO) guidelines for its new Oryx requirement.
The success of this system eventually led The National
Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) to contract
with RDMC for the design, implementation and maintenance of a national
system to measure the performance of psychiatric inpatient facilities.
Through this contract RDMC receives, process and analyzes monthly performance
and outcome measurement data from more than 200 state-affiliated psychiatric
facilities.
UK Research and Data
Management Center's Mission
Our mission is to provide valid and reliable decision-making resources
which assist the public mental health sector in improving people's lives
and communities.
UK Research and Data Management
Center's Values
• Commitment
• Thoroughness
• Creativity
• Personal Development
• Stimulating and Fertile Work Environment
• Staying Ahead of the Curve
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