The Emergency Involuntary Procedures (EIP) Review Committee is a committee convened by the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health (Department) to review emergency involuntary procedures occurring on inpatient psychiatric units for those in the custody of the Commissioner. The Committee’s responsibilities will be to review aggregate data, review inpatient hospitals’ adherence to the requirements of the CMS and Joint Commission standards, to review the appropriateness of the decision(s) to use emergency involuntary procedures to ensure that there is external review and oversight of emergency involuntary procedures, and to prepare an annual report to the Department summarizing its work, providing suggestions and recommendations regarding the hospitals’ adherence to CMS & Joint Commission standards.
EIP Administrative Rule - Effective July 1, 2016
Emergency Involuntary Procedures (EIP) Review Committee Members
Agendas
Minutes
- June 8, 2018 (draft)
- March 9, 2018
- November 17, 2017
- August 11, 2017
- May 12, 2017
- February 10, 2017
- November 18, 2016
- August 12, 2016
- May 13, 2016
- February 12, 2016
Presentation
- EIP Committee Presentation 2018
- Windham Presentation: Safewards
- CVMC Presentation November 17, 2017
- Presentation August 11, 2017
Reports
- Report to the Emergency Involuntary Procedures Review Committee (June 8, 2018)
- Windham Center-Nursing Care Management of the Patient with Self-Harming Urges
- Report to the Emergency Involuntary Procedures Review Committee (March 9, 2018)
- VPCH EIP Graph 11-1-16 to 10-31-17
- Report to the Emergency Involuntary Procedures Review Committee (November 17, 2017)
- Report to the Emergency Involuntary Procedures Review Committee (August 11, 2017)
- Report to the Emergency Involuntary Procedures Review Committee (February 10, 2017)
- Overtime Report to the Emergency Involuntary Procedures Review Committee (February 10, 2017)
- Report to the Emergency Involuntary Procedures Review Committee (November 18, 2016)
- 2nd Report to the Emergency Involuntary Procedures Review Committee (November 18, 2016)
- Report to the Emergency Involuntary Procedures Review Committee (August 12, 2016)
- Reducing Seclusion and Restraint in Vermont's Psychiatric Hospital (August 12, 2016)
- Report to the Emergency Involuntary Procedures Review Committee (May 13, 2016)
- Report to the Emergency Involuntary Procedures Review Committee (February 12, 2016)
Review Process Documents
- DMH and Vermont Cooperative for Practice Improvement and Innovation(VCPI) Six Core Strategies EIP Review (May 22, 2015)
- Rutland Regional Medical Center Inpatient Psychiatry EIP Review Process FY15 Qtr 2 (May 22, 2015)
- Vermont Cooperative for Practice Improvement and Innovation (VCPI) 2015/2016 Proposal (August 14, 2015)