Behavioral health emergency department visits across the U.S. are projected to increase by 1 million over the next decade. In response to rising demand, Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine opened a crisis response center in 2023 at Hospital of the University of…
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Persistent workforce shortages are pushing behavioral health leaders to rethink how care is structured — and many are finding the answer not in any single model, but in stacking several at once. “I see an optimal level of [behavioral health]…
Paramedics and emergency medical services are on the front line of the nation’s behavioral healthcare crisis, responding to more than 1.5 million behavioral health-related calls each year in the U.S — a figure that does not include the rising number…
Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health will end developmental and behavioral pediatric services at Riedman Health Center in Irondequoit July 10 following the departure of the physician leading the program, a spokesperson for the health system said in a statement to Becker’s. Families receiving…
The number of designated mental health professional shortage areas increased from 6,418 in 2024 to 6,807 as of Dec. 31, while the estimated number of practitioners needed to eliminate those shortages rose from about 6,200 to 6,800. In response to…
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Emergency departments across the country are caught in a familiar bind: behavioral health patient boarding for hours or days, medical beds occupied, staff stretched thin and a laundry list of resources often complicating the patients care journey. Four health systems…
Scaling behavioral healthcare services while maintaining clinician autonomy is a tricky balancing act for health systems. At Lakeland Regional Health in Lakeland, Fla., the key is standardizing the operational infrastructure around behavioral healthcare, not the clinical encounter itself. Ben Johnson,…
Health systems are grappling with how to improve behavioral health access while ensuring patients are connected to the right level of care but capacity does not equate to continuity, Melissa Brule, director of behavioral health and specialty services at Elliot…
Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.-based Northwell Healthcare’s Phelps Hospital is expanding its community paramedicine program to include in-home behavioral health services for patients facing barriers to mental healthcare access. The program, launched in 2024 in partnership with Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corp., provides…
Healthfirst is launching a pediatric care model that embeds community health workers into pediatric primary care settings. The initiative will place community health workers in safety-net pediatric practices and federally qualified health centers to support developmental screenings, behavioral health services…