Apr 17, 2025 by Barrins & Associates
Accreditation, aggression or violence, behavioral health environmental risk assessment, CARF, COA, confidentiality, design modifications, environmental controls, environmental safety risks, facility safety, Intensive Outpatient Programs, IOP, manage physical environment risks, medicatin eerors, mitigation strategies, outpatient behavioral health settings, Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHPs), quality improvement, risk management, safety planning, self-harm, Social Current (COA), staff training, Suicide, TJCBH Organizations, Hospitals
Increasingly, care delivery occurs in outpatient environments—Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs), Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHPs), and office-based therapy settings—where clients may be acutely ill, at elevated risk of harm to self or others, and navigating...
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Apr 10, 2025 by Barrins & Associates
Accreditation, aggression or violence, behavioral health environmental risk assessment, CARF, COA, confidentiality, design modifications, environmental controls, environmental safety risks, facility safety, Intensive Outpatient Programs, IOP, manage physical environment risks, medicatin eerors, mitigation strategies, outpatient behavioral health settings, Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHPs), quality improvement, risk management, safety planning, self-harm, Social Current (COA), staff training, Suicide, TJCBH Organizations, Hospitals
Emergency departments are often the first—and sometimes only—point of access for individuals in psychiatric crises. But when inpatient psychiatric beds, crisis services, or outpatient programs are unavailable, patients may wait in the emergency department (ED) for...
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