Behavioral Healthcare Panel Discussion

ACHE MN Northern Local Program Council presents:
Behavioral Healthcare: Challenges, Strategies, Solutions and Meeting Community Needs
October 2, 2024, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Essential Health - St. Mary's Medical Center
1.5 ACHE In-Person Education Credits
For the past several years, our healthcare delivery system has been struggling to address behavioral health crises. Many patients have suffered because they haven’t been able to get the kind of help that they need, and others have received services in crowded, medically focused emergency departments or other inappropriate treatment settings. This session will describe an array of service alternatives from crisis call centers to psychiatric emergency departments and the key steps that are required for successful development to address this need. The incidence of behavioral health crises continues to increase throughout the United States, resulting in an estimated 20,000–25,000 visits per day to hospital emergency departments. Although many of these patients can be better served by alternative treatment settings, some of which have been established as “best practices,” in many communities these services are often an afterthought or workaround. This panel will explore the range of possibilities for dealing with behavioral health patients in crisis as well as the operational and financial implications of each potential service to help determine which approach(es) may be most appropriate for your organization.
Speakers:
Mary McClernon, MSW, LICSW, CGP, MHSATS Direct Care and Treatment Manager, Minnesota Department of Human Services
Thomas J. Jensen MSW, LCSW, Director of Behavioral Health, Tamarack Health Ashland Medical Center
David Baldes, M.D., Psychiatrist, Essentia Health
Patrick Boyle, APN, County Commissioner, St. Louis County
Agenda:
10:45-11:30am – Registration, Networking, Tours of Essentia Health St. Mary’s Medical Center
11:30am-12:15pm – Lunch, Networking, Welcome
12:15-1:45pm – Panel Discussion and Q&A
1:45-2:15pm – Breakout Group Activity/Report Outs
2:15-3pm – Tours of Essentia Health St. Mary’s Medical Center

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