TheBannerPsychiatricCenter:AModelforProvidingPsychiatric CrisisCaretotheCommunitywhileEasingBehavioralHealthHolds inEmergencyDepartments
2013
BannerHealthinthePhoenix,� AZ,� metropolitanareaprovidesindividualsina� behavioralhealthcrisiswithanalternativetopresentingtoanEmergencyDepart- ment� (ED).� ByimplementingaprocesstoquicklymovepatientsoutofourED,� our� healthcaresystemhasbeenabletogreatlyreducetheholdtimeforbehavioralhealth� patients.�ThroughaccesstopsychiatriccliniciansaroundtheclockattheBanner� PsychiatricCenter,� patientsnowreceivetheappropriatetreatmentandneededcare� inatimelymanner.�Finally,�dispositionofpatientsintoappropriatelevelsofcarehas� freedupacutecareLevel�1�bedstobeavailabletopatientswhomeetthosecriteria.�
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