Behavioral Emergency Response Team (BERT) Quality Improvement Project
NYU Langone Health
Summary
The BERT project will implement a clinical decision support tool that predicts which admitted patients are at higher risk of requiring a Behavioral Emergency Response Team (BERT) intervention within the next 48 hours. The model uses existing EHR data and displays a risk-stratified patient list in an Epic dashboard visible to providers for 3 months. The goal is to help clinicians identify high-risk patients earlier, prioritize behavioral health resources, and support proactive intervention planning before escalation occurs.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult inpatients aged 18 years or older * Admitted to participating hospital unit(s) during the study period Exclusion Criteria: * Patients younger than 18 years * Patients not admitted to participating unit(s) * Patients admitted outside the 3-month implementation period * Encounters without sufficient clinical data to calculate or display a BERT prediction score
Location
- NYU Langone HealthNew York, New York