Suicide Prevention
Health care providers across our diverse workforce are faced with an ever increasing complexity in the systems and approaches we use. As the nation looks for ways to lower rates of suicide, it is critical we address physician suicide as well. The rate of suicide among physicians is twice that of…
Held December 13, 2017
Depression among hospitalized patients is often unrecognized, undiagnosed, and therefore untreated. Hospitalization represents an unrecognized opportunity to optimize both mental and physical health outcomes. At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 95% of patients…
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In this discussion, Larry Phillips, D.C.S.W., Program Manager and Norah Erb R.N. Director of Nursing Practice SSM, St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, will describe an innovative approach to integrating physical and behavioral care, via a monitored care unit.