According to the CDC, suicide is the second leading cause of death among persons aged 10–24 years in the United States. After experiencing increases in pediatric suicide attempts and suicidal ideation in the emergency department, Seattle Children's Hospital implemented a suicide risk screening tool within their EHR workflow. On this episode of The Cerner Podcast, Elaine Beardsley, clinical nurse specialist in the emergency department at Seattle Children’s, and Julie Geiger, senior clinical systems analyst at Seattle Children’s, discuss how health IT can help maximize the efforts of mental health professionals to improve patient safety.