Becker's Healthcare December 1, 2025
Hospitals and health systems are rethinking how and where they deliver behavioral healthcare. From emergency department alternatives to school partnerships and integrated specialty care, system leaders are focused on earlier interventions and more therapeutic environments for patients of all ages.
- EmPATH units
Leaders have turned to emergency psychiatric assessment, treatment and healing, or EmPATH, units, to triage behavioral health patients away from chaotic emergency departments and into more therapeutic spaces.
Several health systems in the U.S. are investing in these units to combat overflowing emergency departments where wait times can reach hours, or even days, in some cases.
The need for such units had long been recognized, as around 70% to 80% of patients who...
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