Healthcare Innovation April 26, 2019
New strategies will incorporate digital tools, clinical best practices
Twenty-eight health systems have agreed to adopt and drive the widespread use of new solutions targeting a spectrum of behavioral health concerns, including untreated depression, teen suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder.
The work is part of a national initiative announced last year called the Medicaid Transformation Project, a collaborative effort to transform healthcare and related social needs for the nearly 75 million Americans who rely on Medicaid. The project includes deploying digital innovations in behavioral healthcare where appropriate.
The project detailed the extent of the behavioral health crisis:
• 44.7 million American adults – including 10 million adults covered by Medicaid – experienced a mental health illness as of 2016, a...
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