Implementation of a fully virtual enterprise-wide clinical evidence-based suicide prevention program in the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs: the suicide prevention 2.0 clinical telehealth initiative
SP 2.0 Clinical Telehealth represents the first and only enterprise-wide fully virtual evidence-based treatment program for veterans with a recent history of suicidal self-directed violence. The program's implementation was successful in reaching all VISNs and all VA health care systems in the U.S. The SP 2.0 Clinical Telehealth program can be used as a model for other large health care systems looking to improve provision of evidence-based interventions for suicide prevention.
Authors
- Sherry A. Beaudreau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9853-9332)
- Jessica A. Walker
- Sara J. Landes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8515-2465)
- Nicole M. Bekman
- Mandy J. Kumpula
- Lisa M. Betthauser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2403-4179)
- Wendy Batdorf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0931-9299)
- Meaghan Stacy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6907-8960)
- Rani A. Hoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7023-3171)
- Samantha L. Lhermitte
- Lisanne van Engelen
- Lisa K. Kearney
- Jeffery A. Pitcock
- Matthew A. Miller
Institutions
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs (US)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- Yale University (US)
- VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (US)
- Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers (US)
- Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (US)
- Department of Veterans Affairs (AU)
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2026-02-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1668417
- Primary Topic
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Quality Enhancement Research Initiative