Reducing Length of Stay for Mental Health Patients

Authors

Faye Collins, Maine Medical Center
Nancijean Goudey, Maine Medical Center

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

5-1-2019

Institution/Department

Emergency Medicine; Nursing

MeSH Headings

Mental Health, Length of Stay

Abstract

Background:

Our facility sees an average of over 200 mental health patients every month, with limited community resources. The length of stay (LOS) for these patients had slowly risen to unacceptable levels; the number of patients whose LOS was greater than 24 hours increased in fiscal year (FY) 2017, from 633 patients to 1145. Patients in crisis require expedited transfer to appropriate care locations. Our goal was to decrease the overall length of stay for mental health patients in the Emergency Department.

Comments

Lambrew Research Retreat

Recommended Citation

Collins, Faye and Goudey, Nancijean, "Reducing Length of Stay for Mental Health Patients" (2019). MaineHealth Maine Medical Center. 707.
https://knowledgeconnection.mainehealth.org/mmc/707