This position is with the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc. and is affiliated with the Department of Mental Health Services Policy and Research at the NYS Psychiatric Institute, a joint department with Columbia University.  Members of the department have diverse backgrounds including psychiatry, social work, and epidemiology.

The New York State Office of Mental Health and Department of Health have established a major policy initiative to improve the quality and safety of psychotropic prescribing practices in NYS.  OMH has developed the Psychiatric Services and Clinical Knowledge Enhancement System (PSYCKES), a web-based program designed to identify Medicaid enrollees statewide who may benefit from a clinical review, and provides decision support tools to clinicans to help improve care. In addition, New York State will be the first in the country to develop a program allowing Medicaid enrollees to directly access their Medicaid treatment history, and participate in a shared decsion making process designed to educate and empower consumers. PSYCKES has been successfully used to dramatically reduce antipsychotic polypharmacy in OMH operated hospitals, and has won state and national awards for innovation.