Healthcare IT News January 15, 2025
Bill Siwicki

The St. Louis pediatric hospital has fully integrated its in-house behavioral health team with vendor tele-psychiatrists – including in its Epic EHR. The percentage of new patients scheduled within 14 days has jumped from 14% to more than 60%.

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital is an inpatient and outpatient pediatric medical center based in St. Louis, Missouri. And Missouri has a serious healthcare problem – a massive behavioral health provider shortfall.

THE PROBLEM

The demand for behavioral health services is overwhelming across the country, but it’s particularly acute in Missouri, where approximately only 200 of the state’s 1,000 licensed psychiatrists actually reside in...

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