Parties Involved
Hospital Council and leaders of general acute care hospitals, stand-alone psychiatric hospitals, county behavioral health departments, and non-hospital outpatient behavioral health programs
Activity
The task force held a discussion on what suicide prevention screening tools are being used by entities that operate behavioral health facilities to share across the board. It also reviewed adolescent emergency room encounter trends that included ages 6-17, gender, diagnosis, length of stay, ZIP code, health care coverage, and payer insurance.
Takeaway/Next Steps
A suicide prevention screening workgroup was established to conduct a deeper conversation around workflow, full assessments, reassessments, and trainings to establish community standards of care. A separate workgroup was established to explore the creation of a regional crisis residential program for adolescents.