Ridgewood, New Jersey
- Provide on-going contract management of Crisis Intervention Services for a major medical center Emergency Department serving 60,000 patients per year
- Manage scheduling, orientation and supervision of 24-hour staffing
- Developed affiliation with private psychiatric facility to ensure access to inpatient beds
- Developed clinical plan for management of psychiatric crises within ED and inpatient units
- Coordinated closing of 20 bed inpatient psychiatric service
- Activities included:
- Arranged community stakeholder input
- Developed affiliation with private psychiatric facility to ensure access to inpatient beds
- Developed clinical plan to manage psychiatric crises within ED and inpatient units
CSM also completed a similar project providing assistance to Chilton Memorial Hospital in the closure of their 20 bed psychiatric unit.