David S Kroll, Escel Stanghellini, Stephanie L DesRoches, Charles Lydon, Allison Webster, Molly O'Reilly, Shelley Hurwitz, Patricia M Aylward, Jennifer A Cartright, Elizabeth J McGrath, Linda Delaporta, Anna T Meyer, Michael S Kristan, Laurie J Falaro, Colin Murphy, Jennifer Karno, Daniel J Pallin, Adam Schaffer, Sejal B Shah, Barbara E Lakatos, Monique T Mitchell, Christine A Murphy, Janet M Gorman, David F Gitlin, Deborah F Mulloy
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether continuous virtual monitoring, an intervention that facilitates patient observation through video technology, can be used to monitor suicide risk in the general hospital and emergency department (ED). METHOD: This was a retrospective analysis of a protocol in which select patients on suicide precautions in the general hospital and ED received virtual monitoring between June 2017 and March 2018. The primary outcome was the number of adverse events among patients who received virtual monitoring for suicide risk...
January 14, 2019: General Hospital Psychiatry