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The need for psychiatric services is growing steadily with the aging of the U.S. population. If acute-care hospitals make psych services an integral part of the continuum of care, the patient wins and the hospital wins. The patient doesn’t have to transfer to another facility miles from home, and the hospital and physicians keep the patient under their care and in their revenue stream.
The addition of psychiatric services to the continuum of care provides additional advantages to the acute-care provider. When psychiatric patients can be routed directly to prompt and appropriate care, it relieves Emergency Department congestion and improves patient flow through primary-care offices. Those improvements generally result in greater medical staff satisfaction, as well.
SeniorHealth helps hospitals provide psychiatric services successfully. We tailor each clinical program to meet the specific needs of the hospital, the community and physicians. Our programs involve multi-disciplinary teams of physicians, nurses and therapists who develop and monitor individual treatment plans for each patient that may include:
- Initial intake assessment/evaluation
- Medically-supervised treatment plan
- Multi-disciplinary approach to mental health
- Activity and recreational therapy
- Patient follow-up and long-term care planning
- Outpatient services
SeniorHealth psychiatric services deliver excellent clinical outcomes. We go beyond tracking the progress of individual patients to tracking our clinical performance against comparable aggregate data. A comprehensive assessment including the Mini-Mental Status Exam, Geriatric Depression Scale, and Zung Anxiety Scale, is completed on all patients prior to admission. Using data gathered during the assessment process, all patients are grouped according to their need and functional abilities. Services are provided accordingly.
Through a structured plan of individual counseling, group therapy, medication management, nursing services, coordinated activities and family support, patients are given every opportunity to enhance their social, physical and mental well being.
Delivering psychiatric services successfully requires specialized operations expertise. SeniorHealth provides comprehensive management services for psych that are focused on the twin goals of excellent clinical results and financial performance.
We focus on five key areas to make our psych services successful for both our patients and our acute-care partners: |
