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Tina Kantaria1, Germiniano Talag, Jia Fan
1David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California (Dr Kantaria); Department of Nursing (Messrs Talag and Sonza and Ms Navarro), Department of Mental Health (Ms Fan and Drs Fears, Yang, Birman, Lam, Guze, and Raja), and Clinical Informatics (Dr Balsam), Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California.
Background:
A national Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mental health (MH) quality metric tracks engagement in outpatient MH care after discharge from residential and inpatient settings, with recommendations for 2 or more visits 30 days postdischarge.
Local Problem:
A gap in transitioning patients from residential to outpatient MH care was identified at this site.
Methods:
A transition management process was developed and piloted, including a new MH Discharge Consult and an RN Transition Care Managers team.
Interventions:
Transition Care Managers triaged Discharge Consults, communicated with schedulers and patients pre- and postdischarge, and tracked MH engagement for 30 days postdischarge. Process, outcome, and balancing measures were developed and iteratively adjusted using Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles.
Results:
Over 55 weeks, 443 Discharge Consults were placed. There was an average 89% success rate in connecting patients with 2 or more MH visits versus 53% preintervention.
Conclusions:
This pilot showed promising results in improving postdischarge MH engagement with the use of PDSA cycles to collect data and refine processes.
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