5 Key Takeaways from the BHA’s Implementation and Monitoring Dashboard & Dr. Medlock’s Impact
Dr. Morgan Medlock championed the creation of the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration's (BHA) implementation and monitoring dashboard to demonstrate her commitment to transparency and truth in Colorado state government. The dashboard provides detailed information about BHA efforts to ensure effective implementation and monitoring of behavioral health services in the state. By making this information available to the public, the BHA is demonstrating its commitment to transparency and accountability, which are important values in government.
The dashboard provides insight into the strategies and key performance indicators used by the BHA to measure progress towards achieving its goals, including increasing access to behavioral health services, reducing hospitalizations and emergency department visits, and improving outcomes for individuals receiving services. This information allows the public to track the BHA's progress and hold it accountable for meeting its goals.
Dr. Medlock’s commitment to collaborating with stakeholders across the state, including healthcare providers, community organizations, and individuals with lived experience, demonstrates her unwavering commitment to engaging with the communities the BHA serves and ensuring that reform reflects their needs and priorities.
Finally, the BHA's efforts to improve data collection and analysis demonstrate its commitment to evidence-based decision-making and continuous quality improvement in behavioral health services in Colorado. By making this information available to the public, Dr. Medlock was centering transparency and truth in government, which is essential for building public trust and confidence in the government's ability to effectively serve the people of Colorado.
Here are 5 key takeaways from the BHA’s implementation and monitoring dashboard on the BHA website, during Dr. Medlock’s tenure as BHA Commissioner:
With Dr. Medlock’s leadership, the BHA developed a comprehensive plan to ensure the effective implementation and monitoring of behavioral health services in Colorado.
The Implementation and Monitoring Plan includes strategies to promote community engagement, reduce health disparities, and ensure that services are trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and evidence-based.
Dr. Medlock catalyzed the BHA team to generate key performance indicators to monitor progress toward achieving statutory goals, including increasing access to behavioral health services, reducing hospitalizations and emergency department visits, and improving outcomes for individuals receiving services.
Dr. Medlock is committed to collaborating with stakeholders across the state, including healthcare providers, community organizations, and individuals with lived experience, to ensure that the Implementation and Monitoring Plan reflects the needs and priorities of the communities it serves.
Dr. Medlock is actively working to improve data collection and analysis to support effective decision-making, improve service delivery, and promote continuous quality improvement in behavioral health services in Colorado.
Sign the Petition to Reinstate Dr. Medlock
On Monday, April 17, 2023, Colorado Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) Commissioner, Morgan Medlock, MD, MDiv, MPH, a Black community leader, was unjustly removed from her Colorado cabinet position without cause. Her removal risks the lives of millions of people in Colorado who deserve accessible, trauma-informed, and culturally-responsive behavioral health care. It also perpetuates the message that strong, qualified Women of Color are vulnerable to the whims of political systems and cabinet leadership.
Demand justice for Dr. Medlock by signing the petition for Governor Polis to bring her back as the Commissioner of the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration (BHA).