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Emergency Department and Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Programs

General News

  • The Readmissions Collaborative Mid-Year Conference will be held on Friday, June 7, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Please register in advance.Leaving OMH site
  • The December monthly data submission survey for Freestanding Clinics was the final monthly report that clinics were required to submit for medication projects selected in Phase I and II. If your clinic was late in reporting and needs to submit data for Phase I and II medication projects, please contact PSYCKES-Help.
  • The monthly data submission survey for the Readmissions Quality Collaborative is now closed.
  • The Participating Clinic Contact Form Leaving OMH site for the New York State Office of Mental Health Continuous Quality Improvement Initiative for Health Promotion and Care Coordination is now open. Free-standing clinics and Diagnostic & Treatment Centers wishing to enroll in this Initiative should complete the form by December 14, 2012.
  • "Release Notes:  Psychiatric Services and Clinical Knowledge Enhancement System (PSYCKES) Medicaid Release Notes, Version 4.8.1. A new release of the PSYCKES Medicaid application was made available on March 5, 2013."

Clinicians

  • Scientific Summary #15. PDF (62kb) A 2011 randomized controlled trial published in the American Journal of Psychiatry evaluated the benefits and risks of staying on antipsychotic polypharmacy ("stay") vs. switching to monotherapy ("switch"). The majority of the "switch" group was able to successfully transition to monotherapy without significant differences in symptom control compared to the "stay" group. The "switch" group also showed improved body mass index (BMI).

Consumers and Families

Quality Improvement (QI) Teams

  • The PSYCKES Chart Review Form, updated in July, is now available on the website for PSYCKES indicators. A chart review is an effective way to identify non-Medicaid enrollees whose medication regimens could benefit from a clinical review.
  • The Psychotropic Medication Reference Table PDF (386kb), updated in July, is now available on the website. The table is designed to provide clinical staff with specific medication related criteria for PSYCKES indicators.

Freestanding Clinics

Two webinars,”Quality Concerns” and “Activities and Expectations,” provide information on the CQI Initiative for Health Promotion and Care Coordination. They were conducted live in early 2013; a recorded version is on the webinars page.

Hospital Quality Collaborative

  • The Readmissions Collaborative Mid-Year Conference will be held on Friday, June 7, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Please register in advance. Leaving OMH site
  • The monthly data submission survey for the Readmissions Quality Collaborative is now closed.

Behavioral Health Inpatient Providers

  • The PSYCKES team has developed a series of webinars to support PSYCKES implementation in hospitals. Please see the Calendar to register.

Emergency Department and Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Programs

Comments or questions about the information on this page can be directed to the PSYCKES Team.