2021
Showing Up Is Half the Battle: The Impact of Telehealth on Psychiatric Appointment Attendance for Hospital-Based Intensive Outpatient Services During COVID-19
Childs AW, Bacon SM, Klingensmith K, Li L, Unger A, Wing AM, Fortunati F. Showing Up Is Half the Battle: The Impact of Telehealth on Psychiatric Appointment Attendance for Hospital-Based Intensive Outpatient Services During COVID-19. Telemedicine Journal And E-Health 2021, 27: 835-842. PMID: 33999738, DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2021.0028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk individualsAppointment attendanceIntensive outpatient programNon-Hispanic white youthRace/ethnicityPsychiatric servicesTreatment programIntensive outpatient servicesOutpatient psychiatric settingsImpact of telehealthHigher clinical acuityChi-square testClinical treatment programsWarrants further investigationNon-Hispanic Black youthAdult patientsIOP groupInsurance typeOutpatient programOutpatient servicesClinical acuityPsychiatric settingsCommercial insuranceClinical programsTelehealth servicesMental Health Staff Perceptions of Improvement Opportunities around COVID-19: A Mixed-Methods Analysis
Bommersbach T, Dube L, Li L. Mental Health Staff Perceptions of Improvement Opportunities around COVID-19: A Mixed-Methods Analysis. Psychiatric Quarterly 2021, 92: 1079-1092. PMID: 33575954, PMCID: PMC7877505, DOI: 10.1007/s11126-021-09890-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19Mental Health Staff PerceptionsLarge tertiary medical centerHealth staff perceptionsTertiary medical centerBehavioral health servicesBenefits of telehealthHigh community spreadFocus group dataMedical CenterFocus groupsMixed-methods findingsHealth servicesCommunity spreadQualitative focus groupsGroup dataCare transformationHeightened stressStaff perceptionsConvenience surveyService linesTelehealthSurvey responsesMixed-methods analysisThematic analysisEpidemiology, Infection Prevention, Testing Data, and Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 on Five Inpatient Psychiatric Units in a large Academic Medical Center
Li L, Roberts SC, Kulp W, Wing A, Barnes T, Colandrea N, Klink B, Fortunati F, Martinello R. Epidemiology, Infection Prevention, Testing Data, and Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 on Five Inpatient Psychiatric Units in a large Academic Medical Center. Psychiatry Research 2021, 298: 113776. PMID: 33571800, PMCID: PMC7987366, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113776.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInpatient psychiatric unitLarge academic medical centerAcademic medical centerPsychiatric unitMedical CenterCOVID-19Retrospective cohort analysisEmergency room visitsInpatient psychiatric facilityLow patientsClinical outcomesRoom visitsHospitalized individualsInfection preventionStudy populationCohort analysisPrevention strategiesAdmission statusTriage protocolDiverse patientsInfection rateMental illnessPsychiatric facilitiesDemographic dataPatients
2020
Emerging Need and Early Experiences With a COVID-Specific Psychiatric Unit
Li L, Stanley R, Fortunati F. Emerging Need and Early Experiences With a COVID-Specific Psychiatric Unit. Psychiatric Services 2020, 71: 873-873. PMID: 32741335, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.71803.Peer-Reviewed Original Research