Evaluating the Prevalence of Suicide Risk Screening Practices in Accredited Hospitals
Results suggest the majority of accredited hospitals have implemented suicide risk screening practices that exceed current Joint Commission requirements. The lack of sufficient resources to adequately address patients who screen positive for suicide risk remains a key challenge to universal screening.
Authors
- Edwin D. Boudreaux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3223-6371)
- Jamie Patrianakos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0198-844X)
- Scott C. Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7432-3318)
- Kimberly Roaten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7453-0448)
- Gregory K. Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1637-0335)
- Katherine Anne Comtois (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0398-4108)
- Stephen Schmaltz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2486-3268)
- Farzana Akkas
- Salome O. Chitavi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6575-2105)
- Brian K. Ahmedani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4291-4516)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjq.2025.01.010
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.23