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Samuel Reinfeld1, Poonamdeep Gill1, Ricardo Cáceda
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
Abstract:
Prolonged length of stay in emergency departments (EDs) for patients with a psychiatric chief complaint is a widespread problem. Prolonged stays can lead to adverse outcomes and poor quality of care. We sought to improve quality of care for patients in the medical ED who needed psychiatric care. To identify the areas of weakness, we queried the ED staff via an online survey about the perception of the challenges working with our Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP), which is located adjacent to and works closely with the medical ED providing psychiatric consultation. We identified several action steps and used the Plan-Do-Study-Act methodology for implementation. We reported a reduction in time to complete consultations and improved communication between CPEP and the medical ED staff.
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