Rising demand for behavioral health services exacerbates an existing staffing shortage for behavioral health providers already battling high turnover rates. A recent Becker’s Hospital Review article highlighted statements in one health system’s quarterly earnings call that articulated the uphill battle experienced by other hospital leaders.
From the article:
The demand for behavioral health services continues to climb, but staff turnover within the sector remains a widespread challenge for providers across the country, Universal Health Services executives said July 25 during the company’s second-quarter earnings call.
“Behavioral turnover tends to be probably twice what acute care is. And that creates a lot of inefficiency. So even though we’re hiring a lot of people they’re leaving,” CFO Steve Filton said. “This is not just a UHS issue. I think it’s an industry-wide issue.”
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“A lack of local behavioral health specialists is a challenge Access TeleCare is uniquely suited to address,” Access TeleCare’s CEO, Chris Gallagher, M.D., said in response to the article. “Our programs connect providers in all 50 states with timely access to clinical experts, and our fully-integrated telemedicine programs ensure that we respond quickly to our partner’s needs to remove staffing turnover as an obstacle to great patient care.”
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