Journal article
Improving Access to Laboratory Monitoring in Individuals Living with Serious Mental Illness
Issues in mental health nursing, Vol.40(10), pp.917-921
10/03/2019
DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2019.1652870
PMID: 31490708
Abstract
Safe prescribing for persons with severe mental illness requires laboratory monitoring for psychotropic drug levels and metabolic side effects. Barriers to appropriate and timely monitoring increase when clients must obtain phlebotomy services at a separate facility. This quality improvement project was conducted within a program for assertive community treatment (PACT). Specific aims were to increase access to laboratory testing, improve efficiency, and lower costs by implementing on-site specimen collection. Outcomes, measured three months post-implementation, indicate that over half of all labs were obtained on-site, clients and staff were pleased with increased efficiencies, and costs were reduced by 37%.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Improving Access to Laboratory Monitoring in Individuals Living with Serious Mental Illness
- Creators
- Brittany Morgan Hamm - University of IowaVirginia M. Conley - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Issues in mental health nursing, Vol.40(10), pp.917-921
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/01612840.2019.1652870
- PMID
- 31490708
- ISSN
- 0161-2840
- eISSN
- 1096-4673
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/03/2019
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984646763802771
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