Revolutionizing Mental Healthcare Through AI-Enhanced Provider-Patient Relationships
As we stand at the intersection of behavioral health and cutting-edge technology, we must ask ourselves: How can we leverage these tools to not only improve patient outcomes but also strengthen the crucial provider-patient relationship?
Mount Sinai to Use AI to Detect Mental Health Concerns
The $20 million project, funded by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), will include researchers from Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Columbia and Carnegie Mellon Universities and use ambient tools developed by Deliberate AI.
Telling a Better Care Story with Health Risk Assessments
Unlock Health has designed its Substance Abuse HRA, an online health risk assessment, to enable behavioral health treatment centers, healthcare providers, and integrated health systems a way to accurately identify individuals at risk for SUD and engage with them early on to personalize treatment plans and provide better outcomes.
New Licensure Compact Could Boost SDOH, Behavioral Health Outreach
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is issuing four grants worth a collective $2.5 million through the License Portability Grant Program (LPGP) to create a multi-state social worker licensure compact. Through the compact, license social workers will be able to practice in member states without the need to apply for a license in each state.
The Importance of Between-Visits Appointments and Mental Health
A study by the National Council for Mental Well-Being reveals that mental health services in the U.S. are insufficient despite more than half of Americans (56%) seeking help, with limited options and long waits becoming the norm.
How to Decrease Behavioral Health Patients Seeking Care in Emergency Rooms
By offering a wide spectrum of mental health services, WellSpan Health has been able to reduce the number of behavioral health patients seeking care in the health system’s emergency rooms.
NIOSH Campaign Aims to Help Hospitals Reduce Healthcare Worker Burnout
A new campaign launched by the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) provides resources for hospitals to improve policies and practices that will reduce healthcare worker burnout and improve their mental health.
Should Mental Healthcare Be Considered Primary Care?
Pennsylvania-based Highmark Health is making that connection by integrating behavioral healthcare services into its insurance plans through the My Highmark digital health portal. The platform is supported by Spring Health, a New York-based mental healthcare provider serving more than 4,500 employers and health plans.
How Modern Healthcare is Bringing Top-Tier Services Directly to School Campuses
If the pandemic taught us anything, it was that healthcare needs to meet patients where they are—not the other way around. In terms of pediatric care, this means reevaluating how schools, students, and faculty access healthcare. Let’s talk about how modern healthcare solutions are improving access to top-tier services on school campuses.
Pediatric NPs Gain a New Tool to Strengthen Mental Healthcare for Young Patients
The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) is launching NAPNAP Cares, with online continuing education (CE) courses designed to support pediatric-focused NPs and advanced practice RNs (APRNs) as they respond to the growing need for mental health care among young patients.