The Medical University of South Carolina opened its adult emergency psychiatric assessment, treatment and healing unit — known as EmPATH — in Charleston in July 2025 with eight bays. For the first six months, daily utilization sat around 12%. It…
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Coldwater, Mich.-based Insight Hospital and Medical Center will temporarily suspend its inpatient behavioral health services beginning July 22 after an evaluation identified the need to modernize the program’s physical space, operations and patient care, according to a July 15 report…
Many hospitals and health systems scrutinize staffing, service lines, and payer contracts for savings. Fewer look at one of their largest assets: real estate. Provider real estate portfolios often hold untapped value: vacant space, redundant leases, misaligned capital structures, and…
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Patient acuity is rising. Approximately 21.2 million adults have a co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s “2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.” As whole-person care continues to…
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia increased average monthly naloxone, known as Narcan, co-prescribing for patients receiving outpatient opioid prescriptions from 3% to 84.1% through an enterprisewide quality improvement initiative, according to a study published June 16 in The Journal of Pediatrics. The…
New York will provide $6.3 million to establish seven clubhouses that support people living with mental health challenges, according to a July 13 news release from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office. Here are four things to know:
More than 23 million people have contacted the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline since its July 2022 launch, with demand continuing to grow as states face funding and workforce challenges, according to a KFF policy analysis publiushed July 14. Here…
Capital dollars lose value the longer approved projects sit idle. Nearly 40% of healthcare organizations take more than 12 months to move a project from plan into execution, and many stall 9 to 10 months after approval, while emergency repairs…
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West Virginia has the highest concentration of clinical and counseling psychologists in the U.S., with 52.09 psychologists per 100,000 residents, according to Becker’s analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data and 2025 U.S. population estimates from the U.S. Census…
The family of Kenneth Hass filed a civil lawsuit against the state of Oregon through the Oregon Health Authority, Oregon State Hospital and several hospital staff members, alleging negligence, physical and mental abuse, constitutional violations and wrongful death after Mr.…