Behavioral Health Care Delivery

Between one-third and one-half of U.S. clinicians experience burnout and addressing the epidemic requires systemic changes by health care organizations, educational institutions and all levels of government.
The AHA Center for Health Innovation and the National Quality Forum have collaborated to publish a 52-page tactical playbook to implement telebehavioral health solutions that provides actionable strategies and interventions as well as links to other valuable resources and tools.
The suicide rate jumped 56% for Americans aged 10 to 24 between 2007 and 2017, and the homicide rate jumped 18% between 2014 and 2017 for the same population.
According to a committee summary, the draft bill would provide $93.4 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Health and Human Services, an increase of $2.9 billion over FY 2019.
The House of Representatives today passed and sent to the President a Medicaid-related bill (H.R. 3253) that includes a provision extending the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic demonstration program through Sept. 13.
Providers Clinical Support System has developed a new 22-module curriculum for healthcare providers to address substance abuse. The modules provide an overview of evidence-based practices in the prevention, identification, and treatment of substance use disorders and co-occurring mental…
The AHA Physician Alliance explores some of the key elements driving the success of the Prescribe Safe Initiative, an extremely successful community-based project bringing together law enforcement, hospitals and physicians to reduce prescription medication misuse.
Update on Key Issues in the Behavioral Health Care Field: July 2019 Newsletter highlighting AHA resources, advocacy updates, and more regarding behavioral health.
It sounds almost too good to be true: a smartphone app that alerts behavioral health patients when an emotional crisis seems imminent — a fire alarm of sorts. But that’s how California-based Mindstrong Health has billed its digital tool. The company, along with its partner 7 Cups, a digital…
Treating the whole patient — both mind and body — in a well-coordinated system has become essential to health care’s mission. But integrating behavioral health into every aspect of patient care and coordinating and connecting with community resources across all points in the care continuum often…