@article{ref1,
title="Suicide risk assessment in an MCO",
journal="Managed care interface",
year="2004",
author="Beaudin, Christy L. and Weber, Shawn and Vigil, Victoria J.",
volume="17",
number="5",
pages="39-44",
abstract="The failure to detect suicide risk is one of the most prevalent and preventable clinical errors in behavioral health. A managed behavioral health care organization (MBHO) implemented patient self-report assessment as a means of identifying clinical risk. An analysis of the first full year of patient self-report data compared with data collected from clinicians observed that more than 50% of practitioners underdetected the presence of suicidal ideation. Discordance between patient self-report and practitioner report was noted, suggesting that suicide risk might not be sufficiently addressed in clinical practice. The MBHO addressed the underdetection from 2000 to 2002. The result was a reduction in the rate of underdetection for clinicians using the early warning system and adopting process changes implemented during the course of the study.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1096-5645",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}