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    Suicide Prevention and Health Care Accreditation: A Panel Discussion with the Joint Commission

    Health care systems play an integral role in suicide prevention. Data show that 83% of people who die by suicide have seen a health care provider within a year preceding their death. 1 In 2012, the U.S.

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    Bolstering Resilience for Frontline Staff

    Roadmap to Resilience by Dr.

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    Joint Commission R3 Report Issue 18: National Patient Safety Goal for Suicide Prevention

    The Joint Commission released a revision of National Patient Safety Goal 15.01.01 in May 2019 with seven new and revised elements of performance applicable to all Joint Commission-accredited hospitals and behavioral health care organizations effective July 1, 2019. 

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    Detecting and Treating Suicide Ideation in All Settings

    This Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert aims to assist all health care organizations providing both inpatient and outpatient care to better identify and treat individuals with suicide ideation.

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    Suicide and Malpractice Liability: Assessing and Revising Policies, Procedures, and Practice in Outpatient Settings

    Jobes , D. A., & Berman, A. L. (1993). Suicide and malpractice liability: Assessing and revising policies, procedures, and practice in outpatient settings. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 24(1), 91.

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    A Follow-Up Report on Preventing Suicide: Focus on Medical/Surgical Units and the Emergency Department
    This Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert discusses risk and contributing factors for suicide in the health care environment, as well as risk reduction strategies for medical/surgical and emergency department settings.
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