TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Reducing delay from referral to admission at a U.S. first-episode psychosis service: a quality improvement initiative
JO  - Psychiatric services
A1  - Ferrara, Maria
A1  - Gallagher, Keith
A1  - Yoviene Sykes, Laura A.
A1  - Markovich, Philip
A1  - Li, Fangyong
A1  - Pollard, Jessica M.
A1  - Imetovski, Shannon
A1  - Cahill, John
A1  - Gülöksüz, Sinan
A1  - Srihari, Vinod H.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1075-2730
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100374
ID  - ref1
ER  -