Assess the level of suicide care in your system by taking the Zero Suicide Organizational Self-Study.
Evaluate the core elements of safer suicide care at your organization.
This is the online portal for the Zero Suicide Organizational Self-Study. Your Zero Suicide implementation team should complete the self-study with input from staff involved in policymaking and care for individuals at risk for suicide. The general Zero Suicide Organizational Self-Study was created with outpatient health systems in mind. We have additional versions for Inpatient and Community-Based Organizations and an addendum for Tribal or IHS-Led Health Systems.
Access the online portal at the bottom of this page. You will be prompted to log in before you begin.
Overview
The Organizational Self-Study is designed to assess what components of the comprehensive Zero Suicide approach are currently in place and the degree to which the components are embedded within key organizational and clinical areas.
The Organizational Self-Study also helps to assess organizational and clinical area-specific strengths and opportunities for development across each component. Recommendations for taking a Self-Study can be found in the Lead section of the Zero Suicide Toolkit.
We offer four versions of the Organizational Self-Study. Organizations can choose to take one or all that are appropriate for their setting.
Review the Questions
If you would like to review the questions before taking the survey, you can review the PDF of each version of the Self-Study, linked below:
- PDF Preview: Organizational Self-Study
- PDF Preview: Inpatient Organizational Self-Study
- PDF Preview: Community-Based Organizations with Clinical Providers Self-Study
- PDF Preview: Community-Based Organizations without Clinical Providers Self-Study
For Tribal or IHS-Led Health Systems, please choose the Organizational Self-Study for your setting (general, inpatient, community) and then use the Organizational Self-Study Addendum for Tribal or IHS-Led Health Systems. You will swap out questions 8, 9, and 15 for the ones on this addendum.
General Guide to Rating
Each component of the Zero Suicide model is measured on a rating scale from 1 to 5. The scale is intended to balance minimal reporting burden with measuring implementation for the most essential parts of the model. Anchors, or specific expectations, are included for most components following this guide:
| Rating | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Routine care or care as usual for this item. The organization has not yet focused specifically on developing or embedding a suicide care approach for this activity. |
| 2 | Initial actions toward improvement taken for this item. The organization has taken some preliminary or early steps to focus on improving suicide care. |
| 3 | Several steps toward improvement made for this item. The organization has made several steps toward advancing an improved suicide approach. |
| 4 | Near comprehensive practices in place for this item. The organization has significantly advanced its suicide care approach. |
| 5 | Comprehensive practices in place for this item. The organization has embedded suicide care in its approach and now relies on monitoring and maintenance to ensure sustainability and continuous quality improvement. |
Accessing the Self-Study
Create a new account or log in to access the online portal for the four versions of the Organizational Self-Study. If you create a new account, you will be prompted to complete a self-study immediately. If you have already created an account and started a self-study, you can access your drafts, download previous self-studies, and begin new self-studies from your My Account page, accessible from the topmost navigation bar when you are logged in.
Having Trouble Accessing the Portal?
If you have any trouble accessing the Organizational Self-Study portal, please contact us for technical support.