Vail (Colo.) Health has released a behavioral health survey to assess the state of behavioral health in the region and inform its future program investments, according to a Dec. 26 report from Vail Daily. The anonymous survey, developed in partnership…
Author: Ella Ruder
Behavioral health leaders are entering the new year with a shared sense of urgency and a renewed commitment to transforming how care is delivered, funded and supported. From strengthening the continuum of care to building virtual reality programs for youth…
Fragmented payment systems, siloed care models, workforce shortages and more systemic barriers are testing behavioral health providers nationwide. Leaders shared with Becker’s what they see as the most pressing structural issues in behavioral healthcare today — and how they are…
Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital has completed a $1.9 million expansion of its emergency department to add services for patients experiencing psychiatric crises. The new evaluation and assessment unit uses the EmPATH model — Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment and Healing —…
With an overwhelmed workforce and a surge in mental health service demand, integration is becoming essential to address a consistent issue in behavioral health: access. Ashley Shattuck, program manager for integrated care and primary care, Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare Medical Group,…
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Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health is expanding its continuum of behavioral healthcare with the launch of an accelerated transcranial magnetic stimulation protocol. Matthew White, MD, chair of the behavioral health service line, and Dan Peterson, CEO of Sutter Center for Psychiatry…
A record 91% of eighth grade students and 82% of 10th grade students reported no use of alcohol, cannabis or nicotine in the past 30 days, according to a study conducted by the Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Institute for…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois is sponsoring a new housing initiative from Chicago-based LifeHouse Group to help Medicaid members with substance use disorder transition to independent living. The project will create four-bedroom housing units in Dixmoor, Ill., for individuals…
Ewa Beach, Hawaii-based The Queen’s Medical Center—Kahi Mohala has named Sondra Brandon, APRN, as COO. Ms. Brandon will continue to serve as vice president of behavioral health and medicine clinical programs for The Queen’s Health System, according to a Dec.…
West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and Langhorne, Pa.-based Woods System of Care have opened an integrated clinic in Hamilton, N.J., focused on individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and autism. The Woods Primary and Behavioral Health Center is the first…