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| Baystate takes steps to close psych units, prepping for standalone behavioral health hospital …
MassLive.com “Today, the rest of the adult behavioral health beds remain in Springfield, ensuring continued access to quality mental health care services,” he said …
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| What’s behind the ‘momentous’ move to close a WA for-profit psych hospital
The Seattle Times The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a …
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| San Jose hospital to cut acute psychiatric care – San José Spotlight
San Jose Spotlight Good Samaritan Hospital plans to close it’s 18-bed inpatient psychiatric facility at its Mission Oaks Hospital location in Los Gatos.
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| Community worries about mental health access after St. Dominic closure – Mississippi Today
Mississippi Today Although the Mississippi State Hospital opened 20 adult psychiatric beds earlier this year that had been closed due to staffing issues, …
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| State senator wants hearings on Hawthorn psych hospital patient escapes – WXYZ
WXYZ “Many parents who have children at Hawthorn no longer trust the Department of Health and Human Services in keeping their kids safe. We have a duty to …
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| As child mental health rates rise, Michigan sharply cuts residential beds
Bridge Michigan The state has closed several residential facilities for children with … It’s a crisis made worse by a shortage of hospital and health care …
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Illinois hospital links closing to ransomware attack | WNTZ – cenlanow.com CenlaNow “The average cyberattack on a health care system leads to 19 days of patients being unable to receive some form of care,” according to data from cyber …
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| S.F. will never solve the crisis on its streets alone. What should California do about it?
San Francisco Chronicle In his inability to access mental health treatment, Hobbs was no outlier — California … nearly 14,000 were there because state hospitals closed.
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| Mental health experts concerned about impacts of St. Dominic’s closing mental health unit
Spot On Mississippi Now that a hospital in Mississippi’s capital has closed its unit specializing in mental health care, experts fear a domino effect.
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| King County, WA can’t afford to lose behavioral health beds | The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times Cascade Behavioral Health Hospital’s closing means 137 beds designated for psychiatric care and treatment for addiction will disappear.
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| Washington’s strained mental health care system prepares for another blow – KUOW
KUOW But now, that service is going away. During an all-staff meeting Thursday, hospital officials announced the facility would be closing by the end of …
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Cascade Behavioral Health Hospital set to close – Puget Sound Business Journal
The Business Journals
The closure comes as such behavioral health facilities in the Puget Sound area struggle to meet the demand for care, with staffing and capacity …
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| Tukwila psychiatric hospital to close, lay off nearly 300 staff | The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times Less than two years after a showdown with health care staff over workplace safety, Cascade Behavioral Health Hospital said Friday it plans to …
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| Acadia-owned psychiatric hospital in Washington state to close, layoff 288
Becker’s Hospital Review Close Cascade Behavioral Health Hospital in suburban Seattle due to financial challenges. 288 employees will be laid off by July 31.
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| To the Editor: Closure of the inpatient psychiatric unit at Chelsea Hospital is wrong. Please speak out.
The Sun Times News Patients with acute mental health crises often require inpatient care, but Michigan unfortunately has a shortage of hospital psychiatric beds.
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| ‘Stuck in limbo’: Lawsuit says Md. foster children held in hospitals, psychiatric facilities for no …
WTOP Children in the Maryland foster care system are being held in hospital and psychiatric facilities when it was not “medically necessary,” according …
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Concerns for St Helen’s patients as Hobart psychiatrists plan their departure – ABC News
ABC
Two psychiatrists say they will have no choice but to close their practices when a Hobart private mental health hospital stops operating next …
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Editorial: During Mental Health Awareness Month We Should Reflect Why We Lack Adequate Care
St. Thomas Source
In 2012, St. Croix’s Juan F. Luis Hospital closed its mental health ward without much explanation. Since then, the hospital has designated a room …
Over 100 Hospitals Push Legislature to Hike Medicaid Funding – Urban Milwaukee
Urban Milwaukee
… three rural hospitals have discontinued labor and delivery services, a suburban Wisconsin hospital closed a 16-bed psychiatric unit, …
| Why Phoenix-area psychiatric beds are closed – AZCentral
AZCentral As of May 11, 88 inpatient psychiatric beds were closed across three Valleywise Health facilities, most of them in the health system’s hospital in …
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| Over 100 hospitals call on Wisconsin Legislature to boost Medicaid reimbursement
Wisconsin Public Radio | Hospital officials on Monday signed-off on a letter to members of the … Wisconsin hospital closed a 16-bed psychiatric unit, urban hospitals are …
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| Wisconsin Hospital Association seeks $185M of state budget surplus to help its members
The Business Journals The WHA also listed the closing of a psychiatric unit in a suburban Wisconsin community, which the Business Journal reported was Froedtert Menomonee …
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| Penn Medicine is opening a mental health crisis response center at the former Mercy hospital
Philadelphia Inquirer The new center is part of Penn’s plan to consolidate mental health services at Pennsylvania Hospital and the Hospital of the University of …
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| Froedtert Health shuttering units at two hospitals – Milwaukee Business Journal
The Business Journals Froedtert Health closed on May 12 the behavioral health unit at … Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital had 800 psychiatric admissions in 2022, …
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| Your View by Lamont McClure: Pennsylvania is failing people with serious mental illnesses
Morning Call Allentown State Hospital closed in 2010, leaving the state and county to find new ways to care for people with serious mental illness.
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Davis urges more funding for mental health | Daily Mountain Eagle
Daily Mountain Eagle
The Walker County Commission declared May to be Mental Health … He said when a number of hospitals closed, mental health treatment beds were not …
DPH to Hold Public Hearing (May 18th at 6 p.m.) on Proposed Closure of 32-Bed Substance …
Yahoo Finance
In 2021, Steward initiated its closing, but later decided to move the service to Morton Hospital in Taunton. In response to the initial closure …
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Group protests loss of inpatient psychiatric beds at new Norwood Hospital – WHDH WHDH Heavy rain flooded the hospital in 2020, forcing the facility to close. Just under three years later, Steward Health Care, which runs Norwood Hospital …
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OSF’s approved behavioral health hospital would be state’s largest South of Chicago WEEK Carle Health is also planning a mental health facility for youth and … “Communities have acute behavioral hospitals that are closing,” Cruz said …
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Illinois greenlights OSF mental health hospital | CIProud.com WMBD PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — OSF Healthcare is closing the gap for behavioral health services for teens and adults in Central Illinois.
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| Central Ontario residents ask minister to impose moratorium in Minden ER closure
CTV News Barrie The emergency department at the hospital in Minden, Ont., is set to close its doors permanently. (CTV News/Christian D’Avino) …
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