Pew: Hospitals miss the mark in screening for suicide risk

Abstract

Although health care providers understand the value of universal risk screening, gaps in practice remain, according to an article by The Pew Charitable Trusts that explored the prevalence of suicide risk screening practices among Joint Commission-accredited non-psychiatric hospitals. More than a third of U.S. hospitals are missing opportunities to identify more people experiencing suicidal thoughts or behaviors and connect them to care, the article indicated.