September 30, 2017
ESAC will develop of a set of cascading performance measures and an associated implementation guide to assist providers using the Zero Suicide framework in implementing processes and collecting data in support of suicide prevention. These new measures will be intended for quality improvement use within a single organization and not for cross-provider organization comparisons. The focus will be on identifying definitions and creating guidance for the concepts used in the measures (suicide risk screening, suicide risk assessment, safety plan, and caring contact) and determining minimum safety plan contents to ensure consistent application across implementation sites. These process measures build off of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention’s (Action Alliance) 2018 recommendations.
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