Leaders at Salt Lake City-based Huntsman Mental Health Institute are refining what they describe as a hybrid behavioral health integration model — blending same-day access in primary care with population-based collaborative care. Teresa Lopez, director of behavioral health integration, who…
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Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn., said it has implemented a systemwide behavioral health model that reduced behavioral health boarding admissions by 78% and shortened patients’ length of stay by more than 50%. The hospital credited…
Becky Dvorak, MSN, RN, regional vice president of behavioral health at St. Louis-based SSM Health, told Becker’s how the system is breaking the cycle of emergency department behavioral health boarding by connecting with community partners, networking groups and other health…
Lalithkumar Solai, MD, chief of mental health at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, told Becker’s how the system is transforming emergency department triage for behavioral health patients through the use of EmPATH — emergency psychiatric assessment, treatment and…
Nearly 23% of U.S. adults have a mental illness and 48% of those individuals did not receive treatment in 2024, prompting health systems leaders to rethink traditional, clinical-based models of care. To address these gaps, the American Hospital Association’s Community…
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Troy, Mich.-based Oakland Community Health Network has diverted individuals in crisis to local emergency departments rather than the county’s resource and crisis center in Pontiac, Mich., amid a provider transition and staffing shortages, Bridge Michigan reported Feb. 17. The network,…
Health systems are responding to fragmented behavioral healthcare delivery in different ways: expanding telepsychiatry in rural states, building pediatric health hubs that integrate mental and physical health on one campus, launching behavioral health urgent cares, and investing in navigators and…
As behavioral health volumes rise and emergency departments contend with unpredictable medical surges, leaders at WellSpan’s Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon, Pa., implemented flexible-use rooms in its emergency department that can convert between medical and behavioral healthcare. “We’ve seen a…
As behavioral health crises drive prolonged emergency department boarding and staff burnout, health systems are adopting targeted strategies to ease the burden and improve care transitions. From building dedicated billing teams to integrating technology into daily workflow, behavioral health leaders…
Behavioral health and substance use navigators are filling a longstanding gap in the continuum for health systems: connecting patients to aftercare. When behavioral health patients are discharged from the emergency department, ensuring they remain engaged with services can be a…