Becker's Healthcare August 13, 2024
In South Central Pennsylvania, WellSpan Health treats a large population of Plain People, or Amish and Conservative Mennonites. To provide the best care for these communities, the York, Pa.-based system had to get creative.
They “don’t receive healthcare in the same way that a traditional population receives or seeks healthcare,” Chief Quality Officer Michael Seim, MD, told Becker’s.
So, the system built a behavioral health hospital contrived for the Plain community.
“Everyone who works there is part of the Plain community except for the physicians, and the behavioral health teams structured the program to be similar to their home,” he said, adding that the bishops helped design the facility. “So, behaviors that are totally expected and normal...
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