Document the Risk Factor Details
Open the
SAFE-T Protocol with C-SSRS
template, and then expand the
Identify Risk Factors
panel.
Follow the on-screen instructions available at the top of the panel and document your answers.
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Document the Protective Factor Details
Open the SAFE-T Protocol with C-SSRS template and expand the Identify Protective Factors panel. Identify Protective Factors Document the internal and external protective factors that make the individual want to live. Enter the reasons for the individual's living. Select Save. Parent topic: SAFE-T Protocols with C-SSRS
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Open the SAFE-T Protocol with C-SSRS Template
Open the Screening Tools template. In the Screening Tools Available section, scroll down, and then select SAFE-T Protocol with C-SSRS. The SAFE-T Protocol with C-SSRS template opens. Parent topic: SAFE-T Protocols with C-SSRS
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Document the Suicidal Intent Details
Open the SAFE-T Protocol with C-SSRS template and expand the Specific questioning about Thoughts, Plans, and Suicidal Intent panel. Specific Questioning on Thoughts, Plans, and Suicidal Intent Document the answers to all of the questions. Note: The total score is calculated only if you document answers for all of the questions. Enter any additional comments. To clear the answers, select Clear. Select Save. Parent topic: SAFE-T Protocols with C-SSRS
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Document Interventions to Lower the Risk Level
Open the SAFE-T Protocol with C-SSRS template and expand the Guidelines to Determine Level of Risk and Develop Interventions to Lower Risk Level panel. Guideline to Determine Risk Level and Triage Plans You can override the Risk Stratification category based on your clinical judgment. Note: The risk stratification category is defaulted to the answers documented for questions 1 to 6 in the Identify Risk Factors panel. Select the triage plans against each of the risk stratification categories that can lower the risk level. Select any clinical notes and add your comments. To send the task, select Quick Task or Send Task. Select Save & Close. Parent topic: SAFE-T Protocols with C-SSRS
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SAFE-T Protocols with C-SSRS
The Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, or C-SSRS, is a suicidal ideation and behavior rating scale that rates an individual's ideation on a scale, ranging from "wish to be dead" to "active suicidal ideation with specific plan and intent and behaviors". Questions are phrased for use in an interview format. But, the C-SSRS assessment questions alone do not meet some regulatory requirements. Another screening tool is introduced that includes the SAFE-T protocol questions along with the C-SSRS questions. As a provider, you can document the suicidal plan and attempt of an individual to assess the risk level. Open the SAFE-T Protocol with C-SSRS Template You can open the Screening Tools template to access the SAFE-T Protocol with C-SSRS template. Document the Risk Factor Details You can identify and document the risk factors of the individual's suicidal ideation. Document the Protective Factor Details You can identify and document protective factors of an individual's living. Document t
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Document Risk Factors
Select the Risk Factors link. The Risk Factors Config template opens. Risk Factors Config template Select the No risk indicators checkbox if the patient has no risk conditions, and then select Save & Close. For patients who have one or more of the risk conditions, do the following: In the Tobacco section, select Tobacco Usage to open the Social History - Tobacco template. Note: If the tobacco information is updated on the Screening Summary template or on the Risk Factors Config template, the application fills values in the Social History - Tobacco template. Document the applicable data on the template. Select the Tobacco Cessation Discussed link. The Tobacco Cessation Discussed template opens. Document the tobacco cessation discussion, and then select Save and Close. For more information on tobacco cessation counseling, select . Select Save & Close. Select OK to save and close the template. The documented data appears in the respective fields and data grids. Select any of the following
