Elevating Emergency Psychiatric Care

Scott Zeller, MD, discusses a patient-centered approach to treating behavioral health emergencies that also relieves strain on hospitals, as published in Becker’s Hospital Review.

Scott Zeller , MD

Vice President of Operations, Acute Psychiatry

Published June 01, 2022

Key takeaways:

With urgent interventions, as many as 80% of patients presenting to the ED in behavioral health crisis can be stabilized and discharged to community settings within 24 hours.
EmPath Units offer compassionate, targeted treatment that relieves suffering promptly while reducing strain on EDs and hospitals.
EDs with affiliated EmPath Units stabilize 75% of the involuntary patients they receive. This drastically reduces admissions and frees up scarce inpatient psychiatric beds for those truly in need.

Published in Becker's Hospital Review, June 1, 2022

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