Department of Health and Human Services/Division of Public and Behavioral Health Rural Clinics Children’s Programing in cooperation with Division of Child and Family Services Brian Sandoval Governor Richard Whitley, MS Director Cody L Phinney, MPH Administrator John DiMuro, DO Chief Medical Officer
Brian Sandoval Cody L Phinney, MPH Governor Administrator Richard - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Brian Sandoval Cody L Phinney, MPH Governor Administrator Richard - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Brian Sandoval Cody L Phinney, MPH Governor Administrator Richard Whitley, MS John DiMuro, DO Director Chief Medical Officer Department of Health and Human Services/Division of Public and Behavioral Health Rural Clinics Childrens
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Introduction
Michelle Sandoval, LCSW DPBH/Rural Clinics mvsandoval@health.nv.gov (775) 738-8021
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What is a Behavioral Health Crisis
- A health condition that poses a threat to the
child’s stability within their home, school or community, including but not limited to:
- Anger
- Self-Injury
- School Problems
- Suicidal or homicidal thoughts or behavior
- Extreme parent/child conflict
- Peer conflict such as bullying
- Seeing or hearing things
- Depression/Anxiety
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Identifying a Need
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- Lacking access to services, many families rely on
hospital emergency departments to meet behavioral healthcare needs.
- Child behavioral health-related visits to hospital
ERs have been increasing in NV.
- There is also an increasing trend of children
requiring a costly in-patient admission to a hospital due to a behavioral health crisis.
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Admissions for Psychiatric Reasons
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Data courtesy of the UNLV Center for Health Information Analysis (CHIA)
45% increase in 5 years 31% increase in 5 years
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Admissions for Psychiatric Reasons
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Data courtesy of the UNLV Center for Health Information Analysis (CHIA)
81% increase in 5 years 71% increase in 5 years
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West Hills Hospital Youth Admissions for Rural Counties 2013-2015
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149 153 54 38 25 18
Highest Need
Carson City Lyon Douglas Elko Humboldt Pershing
437 Data courtesy of West Hills Hospital
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How Mobile Crisis started
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Fall 2013: Initial hiring and planning Winter 2013: Training and policy & procedure development January 6th, 2014: MCRT takes first hotline call January – September 2014: Pilot Period October 2014: Expansion. Program grows in Las Vegas,
- pens in Reno.
Success of Clark Co pilot led to funding for more staff in Las Vegas and a new team in
- Reno. 142 clients were served with a 92%
hospital diversion rate.
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Mobile Crisis Goals
- Maintaining youth in their home and community environment.
- Promoting and supporting safe behavior in children in their home
and community.
- Reducing admissions to Emergency Departments due to a
behavioral health crisis.
- Facilitating short term in-patient hospitalization when needed.
- Assisting youth and families in accessing and linking to on-going
support and services.
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Who We Serve
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- Families of youth under the
age of 18;
- The youth is having a
behavioral health crisis; and
- The behavior threatens the
child’s removal from the home, school, and/or community.
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Video System
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- Free
- HIPPA compliant
- Downloadable from any mobile device, tablets
and computers
- Vsee.com
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How it works in Rural Nevada!
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Hotline Screening Call Call into the Las Vegas hotline number Information is gathered-takes about 5 minutes Rural Crisis Team is contacted Within minutes a Counselor calls you to begin the assessment process Crisis Response
- The Mental Health
Counselor intervenes via Vsee and Case Manager from the Rural community responds in-person.
- De-escalate crisis
- Perform structured
assessment
- Formulate safety
plan
- Facilitate
hospitalization if needed Crisis Stabilization
- Short-term
behavioral health intervention provided in convenient location (often in-home via Vsee)
- Facilitate linkage to
- ngoing community
services and supports
- Monitor safety
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Services Delivered to Date
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Rural March 2017 Rural FY17
ALL CALLS Number % of all calls Number % Total Calls 28 100.0% 102 100.0% Team Responded 20 71.4% 66 64.7% Team Did Not Mobilize* 3 10.7% 14 13.7% Information Only Calls 4 14.3% 19 18.6% Incomplete Response** 1 3.6% 4 3.9% Did Not Mobilize - No Team Available 0.0% 0.0% OUTCOME OF CALLS Number % of response calls Number % Hospital Diversion 18 90.0% 57 86.4% Hospitalization 2 10.0% 9 13.6% Stabilization Recommended 7 35.0% 23 34.8% Hospital Diversion Rate 90.0% 86.4%
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RURAL TOWN # OF CALLS RURAL TOWN # OF CALLS Battle Mountain 2 Carson City 23 Crescent Valley 1 Dayton 3 Douglas 3 Ely 3 Elko 3 Fallon 3 Fernley 3 Mesquite 1 Minden 1 Pioche 1 Silver Peak 1 Silver Springs 5 Spring Creek 3 Stateline 1 Tonopah 2 Winnemucca 4 Hawthorn 1 Yerington 2
Where the calls are coming from
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Rural Referral Sources
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kNOw CRISIS
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