a Medici Group Company

 

“If you’re having a psychiatric emergency, hang up and dial 911, or go to your nearest emergency room.”

 
Most psychiatric patients are all too familiar with this voicemail message. Hospital emergency departments are not built for mental health. This leads to:

  • Increased Length of Stay (LOS).
  • Increased utilization of hospital services and costs.
  • Increased post-discharge ER visits and re-hospitalization rates.

Think about it… just the sitter cost alone far exceeds the cost of our services.

If an appropriate treatment is started promptly, most psychiatric emergencies can be resolved within 24 hours without inpatient hospitalization. Telepsychiatry programs save hospitals an estimated of up to $1000 per patient and can also reduce readmissions by up to 62%.

Some STATS:

  • 1 in 8 patients visiting the ED have a mental health or substance abuse issue.
  • Suicidal depression in the ED, and delirium in Med-Surg are among the most common mental health disorders associated with extended length of stay in general hospitals.
  • Mental health patients wait 3 times as long as non-psychiatric patients.
  • The average boarding time for a psychiatric patient ranges between 8 and 34 hours, with an average cost of $2,264.
  • Psychiatric patients may cost the emergency department more than $130 per hour on top of all other costs simply by taking up a bed.
  • Rest assure 100% of your doctors and nurses experience at least 1 violent incident annually.
  • PSYCH RAPID RESPONSE could reduce the psychiatric patient boarding time in the ED by more than 80 percent below the state average and avoid hospitalization in close to 70% of the cases.

OUR PROMISE

  • STAT child/adolescent and adult services for hospital and ED services.
  • Low cost and Immediate coverage upon contract.
  • Improve throughput in the ED.
  • Decrease Length of Stay.
  • Increased revenue by reduction in boarding costs and time.
  • Reduction in other direct expenses (such as sitter fees, security costs, etc.)
  • Improve patient and personnel satisfaction and reduce risk of liability and malpractice suits.

Contact Us

 

OUR SERVICES:

  • Expert child / adolescent and adult psych evaluations.
  • Homicidal risk or suicide behavior.
  • Anxiety / panic disorders / PTSD.
  • Bipolar disorder / depression.
  • Mood disorders / schizophrenia / psychosis.
  • Psychiatric medical management / optimization / interactions.
  • Substance Abuse.
  • Involuntary commitments (IVCs).
  • Change in mental health status since admission.
  • Issues on decision making capacity.
  • Delirium with or without Dementia.
  • Sitter utilization and review of need.

 

OUR BENEFITS:

  • Improved care for mental health patients.
  • Increased access to specialists not otherwise locally available.
  • Faster response times to see patients during a mental health crisis.
  • Increased medically-appropriate discharge rates.
  • More efficient patient treatment workflow reduces boarding time.
  • Eliminate long wait times for all patients—not just mental health.
  • Reduce patients leaving without being seen (LWBS).
  • Reduction in average Length of Stay (LOS) for all patients.
  • Increased ED bed capacity for higher acuity patients.
  • Higher patient and provider satisfaction.
  • Reassurance for patients and families of expert psychiatric care.
  • Reduction in incidences of verbal abuse or violent encounters for your providers.
  • Improved financial position.

 

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