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  • Tools
    Recommendations for Improving Data Collection and Data Definitions
    This resource provides recommendations to health systems on making progress in the IMPROVE element of Zero Suicide.
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    Bolstering Resilience for Frontline Staff
    This roadmap includes action plans for ways to bolster resilience during the Coronavirus pandemic.
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    ICRC-S “Zero Suicide: Exploring Data and Evaluation” podcasts
    These two podcasts focus on data and evaluation related to Zero Suicide implementation and feature Dr. Brian Ahmedani, Ph.D., LMSW, and Julie Drew, LCSW, MPA.
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    Rocky Mountain Short Takes on Suicide Prevention: The 2nd Zero Suicide Trilogy

    Rocky Mountain MIRECC for Suicide Prevention has released its second trilogy of Zero Suicide-related podcasts. These podcasts originated at the Bridging the Divide conference last May in Denver. 

    Why and How Now Matters Now with Ursula Whiteside PhD

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    Rocky Mountain Short Takes on Suicide Prevention: The Zero Suicide Initiative Trilogy
    In this podcast trilogy, Rocky Mountain Short host Adam Hoffberg interviews three key Zero Suicide Champions who attended the 50th annual American Association of Suicidology conference.
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    Breakthrough Series: Outcomes and Recommendations
    This report details lessons learned about how to best implement the Zero Suicide approach under the direction of a state mental health or public health office.
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    Zero Suicide Data Elements Worksheet
    This worksheet is intended to assist health and behavioral health care organizations in developing a data-driven, quality improvement approach to suicide care.
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    Perfect Depression Care Spread: The Traction of Zero Suicides
    The article summarizes the Perfect Depression Care initiative and describes recent work to spread this quality improvement initiative.
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    Suicide in a Health Maintenance Organization Population
    This report reviews information on suicide for the entire membership of a large health maintenance organization (HMO) network.
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    Quality Improvement in Healthcare: The Six Ps of Root-Cause Analysis
    This is a summary of "the Six Ps" that prompt an assessment of factors that contribute to adverse clinical outcomes.

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Education Development Center, the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention are able to make this web site available thanks to support from Universal Health Services (UHS), the Zero Suicide Institute at EDC, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (grant 1 U79 SM0559945).

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