The proportion of patients, age greater than and equal to 1 year, admitted to a hospital-based inpatient psychiatric setting who are screened within the first three days of hospitalization for all of the following: risk of violence to self or others, substance use, psychological trauma history and patient strengths.
Psychiatric inpatients with admission screening within the first three days of admission for all of the following: risk of violence to self or others; substance use; psychological trauma history; and patient strengths
Denominator
1.15 Denominator
Psychiatric inpatient discharges
Exclusions
Exclusions
• Patients for whom there is an inability to complete admission screening for Violence Risk, Substance Use, Psychological Trauma History and Patient Strengths within the first three days of admission due to the patient’s inability or unwillingness to answer screening questions
• Patients with a Length of Stay = or less than 3 days or = or greater than 365 days
Measure Record
Most Recent Endorsement Activity
Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed Behavioral Health and Substance Use Spring Cycle 2019
Initial Endorsement
Last Updated
Removal Date
Point of Contact
Steward Organization
The Joint Commission
Steward POC email
jalban@jointcommission.org
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