Behavioral Health Care Delivery
Their work with the AHA Suicide Prevention in the Health Care Workforce collaborative has focused on addressing job-related stressors within their system by incorporating suicide prevention training into existing peer support training.
CommonSpirit currently employs approximately 150,000 health care workers across 145 hospitals in 24 states.
Examples from hospitals and health systems about how to improve health care worker well-being and prevent suicide in the health care workforce.
Defining Behavioral Health: Behavioral health disorders include both mental illness and substance-use disorders. Persons with behavioral health care needs may suffer from either or both types of conditions as well as physical comorbidities.
With nowhere else to go, individuals in need of behavioral health care are increasingly turning to hospitals for help. The surge in demand has overwhelmed resources at even the best staffed hospitals. A well-designed behavioral health strategy should consider the full continuum of care, including…
The Health Resources and Services Administration yesterday awarded 20 grants to train nurse practitioners, physician assistants, health service psychologists, counselors, nurses and social workers to provide mental health and substance use disorder treatment, including opioid use disorder services…
Arpan Waghray, M.D., CEO, Providence’s Well Being Trust
Past Chair, American Hospital Association Committee on Behavioral Health
As a Metropolitan Anchor Hospital (MAH), MLK Community Healthcare cis guided by the belief that all patients – no matter their insurance status – deserve access to high-quality primary and specialty care services.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s an opportunity to note the progress we’ve made addressing behavioral health issues and delivering quality care, and to assess and take action to tackle the significant work that remains.
Patients are facing difficulties accessing care, while hospitals struggle with workforce and administrative challenges arising from prior authorizations, paperwork and other burdens, according to a panel discussion Sunday focused on behavioral health.