Author: Ella Ruder

A recent study found that for clinicians who used an ambient AI scribe for 30 days, burnout dropped from about 52% to 39%, while time spent on documentation outside of working hours fell by nearly an hour a week.  The…

University of North Carolina Health Pardee in Hendersonville has launched Pardee BlueMD Behavioral Health, a new outpatient mental health practice serving children, adolescents and adults across western North Carolina. The practice offers screenings, assessments, counseling and medication management for conditions…

A research team from Chapel Hill-based University of North Carolina School of Medicine found suicidal thoughts and behaviors may emerge in children as young as 5 years old, according to findings published in the September edition of the JAACAP Open.…

San Diego County and its partners have launched the Elevate Behavioral Health Workforce Fund, a new $75 million initiative aimed at bolstering the region’s behavioral health workforce, according to an Oct. 10 report from the County News Center, a county…

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration laid off more than 100 employees Oct. 10 amid a governmentwide reduction in force, according to an Oct. 11 report from NPR.  Two former employees estimated that about 125 staff members lost…

Cleveland Clinic and Select Medical held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Cleveland Clinic Rehabilitation Hospital, Fairhill — the organization’s fourth jointly operated rehabilitation hospital.  The 32-bed, all-private-room facility is located within the Select Specialty Hospital in Cleveland and will begin…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 27 into law, expanding the state’s Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Act to increase access to behavioral health treatment and housing for residents with serious mental illness.  The legislation enhances Care Court —…

Jefferson Cherry Hill (N.J.) Hospital, part of Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health, plans to open a 4,000-square-foot EmPATH unit to treat patients experiencing mental or behavioral health crises, according to an Oct. 10 report from Courier Post. The facility, which will be…

By 2033, California is projected to face a severe behavioral health workforce shortage, with an estimated 171,413 additional nonprescribing licensed clinicians needed to meet demand — nearly double the current statewide supply, according to a report from the California Department…

New York has certified 13 Community Behavioral Health Clinics, bringing the statewide total to 39.  The clinics, overseen by the New York State Office of Mental Health in partnership with the Office of Addiction Services and Supports, received federal certification…