npatient suicides in health care organizations although rare are a traumatic sentinel events. Health care facilities are required to operate under transparently disclosing all events to the public. Hospitals in the United States report sentinel events to (JCAHO). JCAHO complied this information and prepared a root cause analysis to determine if the current procedure that the organization has in place could have prevented the incident.

Inpatient suicides in health care organizations although rare are a traumatic sentinel events.  Health care facilities are required to operate under transparently disclosing all events to the public.  Hospitals in the United States report sentinel events to (JCAHO).  JCAHO complied this information and prepared a root cause analysis to determine if the current procedure that the organization has in place could have prevented the incident.  A 1998 JCAHO sentinel event alert report stated that inpatient suicide most frequently occurred in psychiatric hospitals followed by general hospitals and residential care facilities (Health care organizations are responsible for decreasing the likelihood of sentinel events, which includes a suicide crisis.  Factors such as patient care, staff training, organizational policies, and the hospital environment all relate to the suicide rule-making process.  Suicides are difficult to predict and prevent therefore organizations must create rules and form policies to prevent the risk of suicide.The impetus for this transparent movement was sparked largely in the 1990s when two prominent reports summarizing the number and type of errors committed by hospitals were published (As a Hofmann, Paul B. & Reed, Jerry. (2016) Why suicide prevention is part of populationhealth strategy. . May 9, 2016. Retrieved Nov.23 from: Pisani AR, Murrie DC, Silverman MM. Reformulating suicide risk formulation: fromprediction to prevention. . 2015.