What Is NIATx?
The Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) teaches drug
and alcohol treatment centers to use process improvement strategies to improve
access to and retention in addiction treatment.
Less than 10 percent of Americans who need substance abuse treatment each
year get the help they need, according to SAMHSA’s 2006 National Survey
on Drug Use and Health. NIATx seeks to change that.
A partnership among SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and other organizations, NIATx helps treatment
providers break down barriers to care. The ultimate goal is to improve evidence-based
treatment.
NIATx focuses on four specific goals: reducing the time between a request
for help and a client’s first treatment session, reducing the number
of clients who don’t show up for appointments, increasing the number
of treatment admissions, and increasing the number of clients who make it to
the fourth treatment session. To achieve these goals, participants tackle one
barrier after another in a rapid cycle of identifying a problem, testing solutions,
and evaluating results (see What Is Process Improvement?).
For more information about NIATx, visit www.niatx.net/Content/ContentPage.aspx?NID=232, which includes the
Resource Guide to Process Improvement and other resources. 
« See Part 1: Reducing Wait Time
Improves Treatment Access, Retention
« See Part 2: Reducing Wait Time Improves Treatment
Access, Retention
See Also—Reducing Wait Time
Improves Treatment Access, Retention
What Is Process Improvement? »
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