How health systems are solving the behavioral health bottleneck

Behavioral health challenges are overwhelming emergency departments, straining inpatient capacity and creating access bottlenecks across the care continuum. With 5.8 million annual ED visits for behavioral health conditions and a national shortage of providers, health systems must rethink their approach to delivering timely, effective care.

Leading health systems like Allina Health and Geisinger are proving that virtual behavioral health integration is not only possible — it's essential.

This whitepaper explores how these organizations are using virtual solutions to expand access, reduce ED wait times and improve patient outcomes, all while making behavioral health more sustainable for the long term.

Discover how virtual behavioral health has helped:
 
  • Allina Health reduce ED length of stay for behavioral health patients by 25% (from 12 to 9 hours)
  • Geisinger cut its behavioral health referral queue from 18,000 to 3,000 patients.
  • Elliot Health System decreased wait times for an intake appointment from 60 days to just 1-3 business days.
 

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