4014-22: Improving Equitable Access to Inpatient Care for Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Psychiatry Patients

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4014-22: Improving Equitable Access to Inpatient Care for Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Psychiatry Patients

Access to a psychiatric hospital from an emergency department should never be contingent upon somebody's insurance or ability to pay. We designed and tested a quality improvement project that successfully equalized transfer of boarding ED patients to psychiatric hospitals regardless of ability to pay.


Presenter:
  Joseph Lyon, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC

Disclosures:  The APNA planners and faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation.


Session Length:
  40 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN


Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

  • Implement standard protocols and communication with outside hospitals to ensure acceptance of patients regardless of insurance status.

Keywords:  Psychiatric Emergencies, EMTALA, Boarding Psychiatric Patients


Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
0.5 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post-test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.


Originally Presented
APNA 36th Annual Conference
Long Beach, CA

The contact hours for this session expire:  November 30, 2025

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