Becker's Healthcare January 16, 2025
Mariah Taylor

Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System is working to prevent behavioral health crises before they happen and opened a new health center to keep care in the community, the Grand Forks Herald reported Jan. 16.

Here are four ways Altru is expanding its behavioral health strategy in 2025:

1. In January, the system opened a new behavioral health center in Grand Forks in partnership with Universal Health Services. The $16 million facility will increase the number of inpatient beds from 16 to 24 and opens to patients Jan. 19.

“Having a facility that’s designed and built from the ground up specifically for behavioral health offers several advantages over a hospital that’s retrofitted for a behavioral health unit,” Chief Nurse Cory...

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