1. Georgia Partnership for Telehealth Annual Spring Conference
Lake Oconee, GA
March 14-16, 2012
A Story of Clinical
Success:
the DMH Telepsychiatry
Consultation Program
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3. Benchmarks
๏ง November 2007 โ TDE 1st Award
๏ง May 2009 โ Presented at APA Conv.
๏ง August 2009 โ EMR Operational
๏ง June 2010 โ TDE 2nd Award; Finalist in
Computerworld Honors Awards
๏ง October 2011 โ Silver Award at APA
๏ง February 2012 โ 10,000 Consults
๏ง May 2012 โ Presenting at APA Conv.
๏ง June 2012 โ TDE 3rd Award
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5. Primary Goals
๏ง Timely Psychiatric Assessment & Rapid
Initiation of Treatment
๏ง Increase Quality of Care
๏ง Reduction in Length of Stay (LOS)
๏ง Comprehensive Discharge Planning
๏ง Savings to the Hospital and Community
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8. Measures
๏ง Lengths of Stay
๏ง 50% reduction
๏ง Discharges, Same Day
๏ง 42% (Feb 2012)
๏ง CIS and EMR Utilization
๏ง 75-80% Known Across Both Databases
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9. Telepsychiatry Turn-Around
๏ง 5.5 hours (CY 2011)
๏ง 13.5 consults every 24 hours (CY 2012)
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11. RO1 Grant Research
๏งCollateral Effect: Reallocation of
Resources by EDโs to ED-appropriate care.
๏งReduced Commitment Rate to BH inpatient
beds
๏งReduction in Average Inpatient LOS
๏งProduced savings of $1,000 in BH inpatient
settings per care episode.
๏งEquals approximately $9.8 million in BH
inpatient savings
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20. How It Works
Columbia, SC Charleston, SC
Aiken, SC
Conway, SC
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21. For more information, or for
questions, please visit our
website:
www.scdmh.org/telepsychiatry
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