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Achieving Optimal Adult Behavioral Health Outcomes: How Partnership can Help
August 01, 2022Within the medically complex patient population, 57 percent report having a mental or substance use disorder in addition to their physical illness, as noted in a recent Milliman report.1 To reduce unnecessary medical spend and meet the needs of the behavioral health patient population, hospitals are finding partnership as a solution.
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Infographic: 4 Benefits of Behavioral Health Partnership for Hospital Performance
July 20, 2022Workforce shortages, restricted patient access and shifting reimbursement are among the top challenges facing hospitals trying to meet the growing behavioral health population. Addressing today’s need is vital to help safeguard the overall health of the community, and to relieve demand from emergency departments and other key areas of a hospital’s operations.
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Adult Behavioral Health: 2 Key Factors Contributing to Improved Outcomes
June 30, 2022Between increasing presentations of medically complex illnesses among the aging patient population and growing strains being placed on emergency departments (EDs), hospitals are looking for effective strategies to help improve efficiencies and strengthen outcomes.
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Behavioral health’s role in treating co-occurring conditions
June 20, 2022Co-occurring disorders, or illnesses happening simultaneously such as depression and substance use disorder, can leave individuals feeling lost when it comes to identifying the best treatment options for themselves or loved ones.
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Feeling overwhelmed? Here are five strategies that can help
June 13, 2022Between priorities at work, at school, with family, friends and in your personal life, feeling overwhelmed can be a constant occurrence. This is especially prevalent across the healthcare space, as hospital staff work through capacity strains and talent shortages.
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Your hospital’s guide to improved quality and efficiency
May 20, 2022The rapid rise in behavioral health needs, coupled with declining staff census, has placed an even greater emphasis on a hospital’s ability to deliver efficient and effective care. To successfully meet the growing need, hospital leaders are finding that joint-venture or contract management partnership with a behavioral health expert can help them overcome these obstacles and improve outcomes.
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Benefits of behavioral health treatment for mental well-being
May 10, 2022May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness for those living with behavioral health illnesses and to help reduce the stigma associated with treating addiction and mental health. It is also a time to highlight the immense impact behavioral health hospital integration can have on community outcomes.
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COVID-19 vaccination and improved mental health: How do they relate?
April 19, 2022In March of 2020, researchers at the Center for Economic and Social Research at the University of Southern California started a panel to track the impacts of the pandemic on various outcomes, including mental health. These findings were tracked from December 2020 through March 2021.
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Two hospital strategies aimed at reducing risk and expanding care access
April 12, 2022Hospitals are seeing a rise in behavioral health illnesses across care settings – placing a strain on emergency departments and other service lines that are not designed to treat these illnesses.
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As suicide ideation among nurses increase, so does the need for behavioral health programing
March 29, 2022Suicidal ideation among the nursing workforce has been a prevalent issue even prior to COVID-19. However, as the pandemic and its impact on behavioral health ensues, so do the rates of suicide and thoughts of suicide.
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Telehealth challenges within local communities: Your hospital’s role in meeting the opportunity
March 07, 2022Thanks to a host of waivers made available throughout the pandemic, post-acute service lines such as inpatient rehabilitation and behavioral health were able to expand their services to community members across the nation. However, as virtual visits around COVID-19 grew, appointments for other services such as wellness check-ups and admissions for serve illnesses including stroke, declined.
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Mental health in Black communities: Importance of increasing education and awareness
February 24, 2022The pandemic has highlighted the rising need for behavioral health integration across the globe. However, black community members still largely avoid treatment options. This can be attributed to the fact that black individuals have been treated historically different than individuals of other races – especially within the healthcare setting.
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Healthcare executive deep dive: Top three challenges within behavioral healthcare
February 08, 2022This report goes on to detail the top challenges hospitals and behavioral health hospitals are working to address in order to meet the opportunity within their communities, therefore reducing overall care costs.
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A hospital’s role in promoting employee satisfaction and retention
January 18, 2022Between pandemic surges, caregiver burnout and the rise of medically complex and behavioral health patients, healthcare staffing has never been more challenging. Below are three strategies to help address the ongoing challenges surrounding healthcare talent recruitment and retention. These strategies also highlight the important role partnership can play in generating optimal outcomes for patients, staff and the overall hospital.
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Top resources that aid in behavioral health talent development and retention
January 12, 2022As the rapid growth of both medically complex and behavioral health patients persists, the demand for resources has never been more intense. This continued growth has pushed hospitals to seek out strategies that will help them successfully obtain top healthcare talent. The challenge to meet this demand is compounded by the fact that the supply of behavioral health team members is not sufficient to meet the growing need for mental health and substance use services in the United States.
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The positive impact behavioral health treatment has on COVID-19 outcomes
December 20, 2021When examining the link between mental health illness and a COVID-19 diagnosis, a recent study by the Official Journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) found that those with a mental illness have a higher chance of contracting the virus.1
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The rising prevalence of behavioral health illnesses among women and children
December 08, 2021Although obstacles around access to behavioral health care for women and children have improved, research is now finding that behavioral health illnesses are on the rise within this demographic according to a recent Health Rankings Report.1 The report also notes that the rate of uninsured women and children has risen substantially – stating that 11.6 million women and children were uninsured as of 2019.
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Three Ways Health Systems can Successfully Respond to Consumer Shifts
November 29, 2021Due to massive shifts taking place in healthcare consumer behaviors, health systems are looking for ways to effectively respond to current and future patient needs. In doing so, a hospital can further leverage their strengths to expand across the care continuum and position themselves ahead of industry disruptors and other competition.
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Five Healthcare Consumerism Shifts to Address for Hospital Success
November 16, 2021Concerns over facility-based care and risk of exposure during the pandemic have led to a massive shift in consumerism—changing the methods in which individual’s research, select and receive various forms of care. This shift was compounded by the fact that many healthcare consumers who are responsible for an increasing share of their healthcare costs are looking for convenience and affordability, just like other services they pay for, and that some healthcare settings may be better than others for themselves or their loved ones. In order for health systems to effectively respond, they must first know and understand the shifts that are causing consumers to “shop” differently for their care.
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Behavioral health in children: How hospitals can help reduce treatment strains on parents
November 10, 2021A recent article by Becker’s Hospital Review highlights a 2021 survey detailing the substantial rise in children experiencing behavioral health illnesses and why parents are increasingly quitting their jobs in order to care for their children’s needs.1
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