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This poster describes a quality improvement initiative that integrated psychiatric resource nurses as subject matter experts (SMEs) into clinical documentation workflows to improve documentation compliance for high-risk behavioral health patients. The intervention resulted in substantial improvements in charting accuracy and compliance, including an increase in emergency department documentation compliance from 28% to 95% over seven months, while enhancing staff education, collaboration, and patient safety.
Publication Date
2026
City
Dallas
Keywords
clinical documentation compliance, behavioral health, psychiatric nursing, quality improvement, patient safety, nursing documentation
Disciplines
Health Services Research | Nursing | Patient Safety | Psychiatric and Mental Health | Quality Improvement
Recommended Citation
Pump, Sara; Hawes, Mary; Spain, Lauren; Kasenic, Virginia; Talent, Meagan; Stewart, Alivia; Shaw, Carrin; Gautreaux, Chad; Cousin, Dori; Allen, Ponesea; and Rowe, Jonathan, "Precision in Practice: Subject Matter Expert Integration to Support Excellence in Population-specific Documentation" (2026). 2026. 6.
https://scholarlycollection.childrens.com/healthequity-hes2026/6
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