Healthcare IT News January 31, 2024
At HIMSS24, a clinician will show how the community provider’s more enlightened, person-centered approach for its Native American and POC patients has helped reduce the number of custody holds for drug and alcohol emergencies by more than 90%.
In the face of high addiction rates, mounting mental health crises, and daily reports of overdoses and suicides in the United States, a community triage center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has come up with a novel care approach that can be replicated around the world.
The center, called The Link, provides 24/7 care and support for individuals struggling with mental health crises and addiction, with a patient population disproportionately represented by Native Americans and people of color.
The triage center –...