Event

Leveraging Technology, Analytics, and Operational Pathways to Advance Hospital-Wide Suicide Prevention

Aug. 26, 2026, Noon - 1:30 p.m. ET | Webinar

Presenters

  • Written By:
    Amanda Drake, MHA, LISW-S
    Clinical services manager, Dayton Children’s Hospital
  • Written By:
    Rick Haacke
    Senior Epic analyst, Dayton Children’s Hospital
  • Written By:
    Marissa Nickerson
    Behavioral health education liaison and project lead, Dayton Children’s Hospital

About This Event

Join us for the last session of our youth suicide prevention summer webinar series, brought to you by Nationwide Children’s Hospital in collaboration with the Children’s Hospital Association, the Ohio Children’s Hospital Association, and the Ohio Youth Suicide Prevention Collaborative.

Following the webinar, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the essential elements of a systemwide suicide prevention program that integrates technology, analytics, and operational workflows
  • Analyze how EHR tools and performance data can be used to improve suicide risk screening compliance and patient safety outcomes
  • Apply implementation strategies and lessons learned to strengthen suicide prevention efforts within their own health care settings

Continuing education credits: 1.5 hours

  • AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
  • Non-Physician Attendance
  • ANCC Contact Hours
  • APA Credits
  • ASWB ACE Credits
  • Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists

Instructions to receive CE credits

Before the session

Create a CloudCME account a few days before the webinar. See instructions. Signing up the day of the session may cause delays as the site can occasionally freeze with high traffic.

During the session

You will be asked to text your attendance to a designated phone number.

After the session

You will receive a code to text to confirm completion. After submitting the code, you will receive a link to CloudCME to complete your session evaluation and claim your continuing education credits.

If you have any questions about this process, please contact Himabindu Katrapati or Yvonne Staton.

  • About the presenters

    Amanda Drake, MHA, LISW-S, is the clinical services manager for inpatient mental health and crisis services at Dayton Children’s Hospital. She earned her master of social work from the University of Cincinnati. Drake is a licensed independent social worker with a supervision designation (LISW-S) and has been a dedicated social worker for 20 years. Drake has been a part of Dayton Children’s mental health team since 2023, overseeing critical behavioral health service lines. In this role, she has supported program development, staff workflows, and clinical operations across the hospital’s acute care and crisis response teams.

    Rick Haacke is a senior Epic analyst on the ambulatory team at Dayton Children’s Hospital. He has been with Dayton Children’s for 16 years, including the past 10 years on the ambulatory team. Haacke holds multiple Epic certifications, including Ambulatory, Healthy Planet, and SmartForms.

    Marissa Nickerson, MBA, BSN, RN, is a behavioral health education liaison at Dayton Children’s Hospital and serves as the project lead for the organization’s Zero Suicide Initiative. She earned her master of business administration from Western Governors University and her bachelor’s in nursing from the University of Cincinnati. Since joining the mental health team in 2024, Nickerson has lead the implementation and expansion of the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) screening programs across Dayton Children’s ambulatory medical clinics. Through collaboration with clinical, operational, and technology teams, she supports systemwide efforts to identify youth at risk, standardize screening practices, and strengthen suicide prevention and behavioral health initiatives throughout the organization.

     

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Youth Suicide Prevention Summer Webinar Series

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