Suicide Prevention and Health Care Accreditation: A Panel Discussion with the Joint Commission-Handouts: Slides

Handouts: Slides

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The document is a summary of a panel discussion on suicide prevention and health care accreditation that took place on August 4, 2022. The discussion involved panelists Gina Malfeo-Martin, Brian Ahmedani, Edwin Boudreaux, and Julie Goldstein Grumet.<br /><br />The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) is mentioned as the only federally funded resource center dedicated to implementing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. It is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).<br /><br />The document also includes a land acknowledgment, acknowledging the indigenous tribes and peoples who originally inhabited the land that now makes up the United States.<br /><br />The panel discussion focused on understanding the suicide care and intervention practices required to meet the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG). The goal included various topics such as environmental safety, screening, assessment, risk level mitigation, policies and procedures, discharge counseling and follow-up care, and monitoring suicide risk reduction strategies.<br /><br />The Zero Suicide initiative and toolkit are also mentioned as resources for implementing systemic change to address suicide prevention.<br /><br />References and contact information for the panelists and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center are provided.<br /><br />Overall, the document provides an overview of the panel discussion, the objective, and topics discussed related to suicide prevention and health care accreditation.

Keywords

panel discussion

suicide prevention

health care accreditation

Suicide Prevention Resource Center

federally funded

National Strategy for Suicide Prevention

Joint Commission

environmental safety

follow-up care

Zero Suicide initiative