consulting servicesSuicide care is health care.
Suicide is a public health crisis. A 2022 national survey found, 12.8 million adults considered suicide, most had healthcare contact within a year, creating prevention opportunities for intervention today.
At a GlanceBetter suicide care is achieveable
Supporting health and behavioral health care settings to implement consistent, evidence-based suicide care-improving screening, follow up, staff training, while indentifying care gaps, strengthening quality improvement, and ultimately saving lives.
Evaluation
Assessing your setting’s unique needs, population served, staff capacity, current practices, care gaps, and organizational culture to guide targeted, sustainable improvements.
Protocols & workflows
Creating clear, role specific, evidence-based workflows and protocols to deliver safer, more consistent suicide care.
Provider, caregiver & staff trainings
Role specific trainings equip providers and staff with clear, step by step suicide response skills, reducing anxiety, increasing confident, coordinated care delivery.
EHR Infrastructure
Partnering with IT teams to develop and optimize Clinical Decision Support, standardized screening and assessment tools, and integrated Safety Planning.
Saving LivesFrom strategy to sustainable implementation.
Transforming HealthcareSupporting leaders. Strengthing systems.
Innovation & CollaborationAdvancing Suicide Care
Leading Integrated Suicide Prevention Across Health Systems
Chaired the suicide learning collaborative at Providence Health & Services partnering across 7 states to advance consistent, research driven, evidence based suicide care. Advanced clinical standards across diverse care settings, and led a cultural shift in suicide care in healthcare, alligning clinical leaders to stregthen quality, safety, and measurable outcomes for depression and suicide.
Elevating Suicide Prevention Standards of Care
Led comprehensive review of best practices and standards of suicide care, developing evidence based guidelines for pediatric and adolescent populations in outpatient, inpatient and emergency department setttings across several states and implementing a train the trainer program for Home Health clinicans ensuring consistent, compassionate suicide care delivery for rural and underserved populations.
Transforming Primary Care Suicide Prevention
Directed a pilot clinical initiative to address a suicide care gap in primary care. Created a team-based protocol aligned with Joint Commission standards and embedded evidence-based practices into routine visits. Following pilot success, expanded implementation to thousands of clinics and hundreds of hospitals across multiple states strengthening safety, reliability, patient outcomes.
Optimizing EHR Suicide Risk workflow & Intervention Tools
Served as subject matter expert and clinical sponsor for development of an EHR-integrated safety planning tool with lethal means counseling. Partnered on automated depression screening and suicide risk assessment workflows within the EHR and developed HealthStream trainings to support clinician adoption and best-practice implementation.
Grant Funded Suicide Care
Secured foundation, state and federal funding-including Providence Wellbeing Trust, Oregon Health Authority and Zero Suicide/SAMHSA- to advance evidence based suicide care across primary and specialty clinics, including neurology, oncology, acute heart failure, anticoagulation, and women’s health, expanding access, strengthening integration, and improving patient safety across diverse medical settings.
Suicide Prevention Trainings & Workshops
Delivered educational training and interactive workshops on suicide prevention and care, including continuing education for healthcare professionals. Served as lead faculty for 2 eight-part Project ECHO series focused on suicide prevention in primary care, equipping clinicians with practical, evidence-based strategies to assess risk and engage in safety planning and lethal means counseling.
Why Trust Dr. Manvi SmithExpertise meets outcomes
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LeadershipDr. Manvi Smith combines frontline clinical expertise with large-scale systems leadership, developing Joint Commission aligned protocols, EMR-integrated safety planning tools and role-specific trainings.
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Quality Improvement. Measurable OutcomesDr. Manvi Smith’s work strengthens patient safety, provider confidence, quality improvement, and sustainable system change.
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Customized SolutionsDr. Manvi Smith has extensive experience supporting urban and rural primary care across multiple states and specialties care clinics
What Clients are SayingTrusted Voices
Dr. Manvi Smith ignited a movement of hope, transforming suicide care at Providence through visionary leadership and expert collaboration-uniting seven states and thousands of caregivers to save lives and inspire lasting change.
Arpan Waghray, M.D., CEO, Providence’s Wellbeing Trust
Dr. Manvi Smith brings a clear, structured workflow to support patients with suicidal ideation. Her trainings on suicide risk assessment and safety planning gave me the skills to support patients in crisis or at risk for suicide.
Keilene Sinlao, RN
Elevating Suicide Prevention & Patient SafetyStrengthing Provider skills & Improving healthcare systems
Dr. Manvi Smith shares her passion for suicide care by teaching continuing education workshops that support licensure requirements for behavioral health and healthcare providers including counselors, social workers, psychologists, nurses and physicians. Trainings also provide practical guidance for professionals serving at-risk populations in community and nonprofit settings.
Providence Zero Suicide Toolkit Joint Commision compliant Suicide Protocol
Dr.Manvi Smith guides healthcare teams through depression screening, suicide risk assessment, and collaborative safety planning using evidence-based tools and workflows to strengthen patient care, build provider confidence, and support safer, more consistent clinical practice across settings.
Expert Guidance for Better Outcomes
I partner with clinics, hospitals, public health, emergency and urgent care, speciality practices , providing training and consultation for multidiscliplianry providers, clinicians, and staff including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, behavioral health and care teams.
Start with a free 15 minute consultation to discuss your goals and questions. If we’re alligned, we’ll schedule next steps and tailor future meetings to your project’s needs..
Bring any relevant documents, workflows, case details, or questions you’d like to discuss. Having clear goals and challenges outlined might help us maximize our time.
All appointments and trainings are held online via a secure portal. I can consider in-person appointments and trainings, depending on your location and on a case by case basis. Travel fees may apply.
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