Program Design & Development


In 2008, NIATx designed a technology-based approach to addiction treatment. At the time, this approach pushed the boundaries of innovation. Now is the time for organizations to leverage the best of in-person and technological advances to achieve long-term recovery for many, versus few. NIATx's Program Design and Innovators' Lab will build on established organizational development tools to develop new systems of care to meet developing social and technological trends.


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Leading-Edge Innovation

NIATx has been on the front-edge of several influential trends in behavioral health. These trends include (to name just a few):


 Using results-oriented Rapid Cycle Change and pilot tests as a change method

 Reducing behavioral health wait times and implementing open-access scheduling

Using patient walkthroughs

 Implementing patient recovery apps and technology-based care

 Establishing learning collaboratives in behavioral health

 Creating warm hand-offs for care transitions in behavioral health

 Emphasizing the importance of access and retention in care services

 Developing a business case for organizational change