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The Veterans Health Administration REACH VET Program: Suicide Predictive Modeling in Practice
Bridget B Matarazzo1, Aaron Eagan1, Sara J Landes1
1Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) (Matarazzo, Clark, Gerard, Bahraini, Brenner, Lawson), and Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (Matarazzo, Bahraini, Brenner), Aurora; Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention (OMHSP), VA, Washington, D.C. (Eagan, McCarthy, Katz); Quality Enhancement Research Initiative for Team-Based Behavioral Health, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, North Little Rock, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock (Landes); Program Evaluation and Resource Center, OMHSP, VA, Menlo Park, California (Mina, Trafton); Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (McCarthy); Veterans Integrated Service Network 4, VA, Pittsburgh (Keen); Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, Veterans Integrated Service Network 2, Canandaigua, New York, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York (Gamble); Puget Sound Health Care System, VA, and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle (Reger).
Abstract:
The U.S. Veterans Health Administration developed a suicide prediction statistical model and implemented a novel clinical program, Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health-Veterans Enhanced Treatment (REACH VET). This high-value suicide prevention program aims to efficiently identify patients at risk and connect them with care. Starting in April 2017, national REACH VET metric data were collected from electronic health records to evaluate required task completion. By October 2020, 98% of veterans identified (N=6,579) were contacted by providers and had their care evaluated. In the nation's largest health care system, it was feasible to implement a clinical program based on a suicide prediction model.
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