Malden, Mass.-based Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 6 to mark the upcoming opening of a 144-bed behavioral health hospital. The hospital will be operated through a joint venture between Burlington, Mass.-based Tufts Medicine and Franklin,…
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Williamsburg, Va.-based Colonial Behavioral Health plans to expand access to mental health and primary care services through a new integrated healthcare campus, NBC affiliate WAVY reported Feb. 6. The planned facility will aim to bring behavioral health, primary care, dental…
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health has transferred its Madison Heights hospital to Warren, Mich.-based Trillium Health Care Management, which plans to convert the site into an inpatient behavioral health facility. Trillium will assume ownership of the facility and begin renovations to…
New Hyde Park, NY.-based Northwell Health’s Stephanie Fitzpatrick, PhD, was elected a fellow of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, a scientific organization in the field of behavioral medicine. Dr. Fitzpatrick is a clinical health psychologist, behavioral medicine researcher and…
Mental health policy, behavioral healthcare leadership and psychiatric hospital staffing rules have been in flux in recent weeks, as federal agencies reversed funding decisions, while California delayed hospital staffing regulations and the White House rolled out new addiction and recovery…
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The Horry County Council in South Carolina has approved the proposed Asha Vista Behavioral Institute after months of opposition from nearby residents, NBC affiliate WMBF reported Feb. 3. The council voted 8-4 during its Feb. 3 meeting to allow Asha…
More than 1,600 healthcare workers and residents in North County, N.Y., have signed a letter to state officials urging intervention to prevent the closure of Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based North Star Health Alliance, WWNY reported Feb. 4. North Star’s hospitals at risk…
Grand Junction, Colo.-based Ava Health, a behavioral health provider, will open a facility in Grand Junction on Feb. 9 to expand access to mental healthcare services across the region. Partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient programming, outpatient services and ambulatory detox are…
Oconomowoc, Wis.-based Rogers Behavioral Health is collaborating with the Jason Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on youth suicide prevention and awareness, to establish affiliate locations across its behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment hospitals and clinics. The behavioral health…
Investigators said falling ice may have caused a gas leak that led to an explosion and fire Feb. 2 at the Greater Nashua Mental Health Center in Nashua, N.H., ABC affiliate WMUR reported Feb. 3. Fire crews were inside the…