Larkin Community Hospital to Participate in National Center for Trauma-Informed Care Initiative

Larkin Community Hospital (LCH), one of Florida's twelve statutory teaching hospitals and the largest osteopathic teaching hospital in the nation, has been selected as one of five organizations nationwide to participate in the National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC) initiative sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA).This is a Pilot Hybrid and Onsite-Technical Assistance program from NCTIC-Virtual Learning Network, which focuses on successful implementation of Trauma-Informed Practices in government organizations, hospital health systems, and service systems.

Only five other organizations are participating in NCTIC: the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents in Virginia, King County Mental Health Program in Washington State, On Our Own of Maryland, Inc., Ruth M. Rothstein Core Center in Chicago, IL, and Queen's Treatment Court in New York. Larkin Community Hospital was the only hospital in Florida to incorporate the program's principles hospital-wide in 2012-2013, and has been selected due to their continuing success in incorporating trauma-informed principles.The initiative is consistent with the hospital's efforts to integrate innovative and successful approaches to treating patients who have experienced trauma.Implementation of Trauma-Informed Practices differentiates Larkin Community Hospital as an organization that provides compassionate, holistic treatment approaches to identify and cure the underlying causes of pathology for a disease, leading to positive patient outcomes.

The Trauma-Informed Care Team at LCH:

1.Natasha Anderson, MSW, Vice President of Outpatient Behavioral Health 
2.Manuel E. Fernandez, D.H.Sc., ARNP- FNP-B,Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer 
3.Sandra J. Fujita, BSW, MSW, LCSW, RN, BSN, BC-PMHN, MSN, ARNP FNP-BC, Behavioral Health Director 
4.Sirish Mulpura, MD, MPH, Director of Clinical Research 
5.Victor Delgado DNP, ANP-BC, NP-C Adjunct Faculty

For more information about Larkin Community Hospital's participation in NCTIC, please contact Natasha Anderson, MSW, Vice President of Outpatient Behavioral Health at nanderson@larkinhospital.com.

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