@article{ref1,
title="Reducing delay from referral to admission at a U.S. first-episode psychosis service: a quality improvement initiative",
journal="Psychiatric services",
year="2022",
author="Ferrara, Maria and Gallagher, Keith and Yoviene Sykes, Laura A. and Markovich, Philip and Li, Fangyong and Pollard, Jessica M. and Imetovski, Shannon and Cahill, John and Gülöksüz, Sinan and Srihari, Vinod H.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Duration of untreated psychosis (DUP), the period between psychosis onset and entry into care, is a time of great vulnerability. Longer DUP predicts poorer outcomes, and delayed treatment access can limit the effectiveness of coordinated specialty care (CSC) services. This column details one component of a broader early detection campaign, a quality improvement intervention focusing on reducing the delay between confirmation of eligibility and admission to care within a benchmark period of 7 days. Median delay significantly fell (from 13.5 to 3 days), and the proportion of admissions that met the benchmark increased (from 33% to 71%) over 4 years. This intervention provides a sustainable model to reduce wait times at CSC services.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1075-2730",
doi="10.1176/appi.ps.202100374",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100374"
}