Background
Behavioral Pathway Systems is a national organization that was established
in 1998 as a listed JCAHO ORYX
performance reporting system. In response
to changes in the ORYX program, BPS embarked upon a strategic
planning
process and industry assessment in 2003. It was learned that the most
significant gap in the realm of performance measurement was in the
area of benchmarking. Readily available and affordable comparative
benchmarks were simply not available to behavioral health leaders.
Yet a strong need was expressed for
benchmarks that could provide a
comparative context for understanding measured organizational performance.
In response to the industry assessment, Behavioral Pathway Systems
made a strategic commitment to
significantly shift its mission and focus. BPS decided to support the
vital needs of behavioral health leaders by
providing a broad range
of benchmarks in the areas of clinical, operational and financial performance.
It was also
determined that BPS would advocate for benchmarking as
a valuable management tool throughout the behavioral
health industry. Finally, it was decided that BPS would seek to add
to the knowledge of “best practices” in
behavioral health through the introduction and development of “process
benchmarking”. Most recently, BPS
introduced its Strategy-Driven
Performance Management Model to provide an overarching conceptual structure
for the management of organizational performance. BPS terminated its
involvement as a listed ORYX system
in 2006.
Mission
In response to the industry assessment, Behavioral Pathway Systems
made a strategic commitment to
significantly broaden its mission and
focus. BPS decided to support the vital needs of behavioral health
leaders by providing a broad range of benchmarks in the areas of clinical,
operational and financial performance. It was also determined that
BPS would advocate for benchmarking as a valuable management tool throughout
the behavioral
health industry. Finally, it was decided that BPS would
seek to add to the knowledge of “best practices” in
behavioral
health through the introduction and development of process benchmarking
techniques within the
behavioral health field.
