Letvak Susan, Rhew Denise
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA.
Emergency Services, Cone Health, Greensboro, NC 27401, USA.
Healthcare (Basel). 2015 Aug 20;3(3):726-32. doi: 10.3390/healthcare3030726.
The provision of quality healthcare is an international mandate. The provision of quality healthcare for mental health patients poses unique challenges. Nowhere is this challenge greater than in the emergency department. The purpose of this manuscript is to describe evidence-based initiatives for improving the quality of care of mental health patients in the emergency department. Specifically, the use of telepsychiatry and reducing provider biases will be presented.
提供高质量的医疗保健是一项国际使命。为心理健康患者提供高质量的医疗保健带来了独特的挑战。在急诊科,这一挑战尤为严峻。本手稿的目的是描述提高急诊科心理健康患者护理质量的循证举措。具体而言,将介绍远程精神病学的应用以及减少医疗服务提供者的偏见。