Emergency psychiatric assessment, treatment, and healing (EmPATH) unit decreases hospital admission for patients presenting with suicidal ideation in rural America.

Allison K KimJ Priyanka VakkalankaPaul Van HeukelomJodi TateSangil Lee

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2021)

The introduction of the EmPATH unit has improved management of patients presenting to the ED with suicidal attempts/ideation by reducing ED boarding and unnecessary admissions and establishing post-ED follow-up care.

Keyphrases

emergency department
healthcare
depressive symptoms
palliative care
adverse drug
mental health
south africa
public health
quality improvement
chronic pain
combination therapy
electronic health record