Michael Byrne’s Post

57 million Americans who receive mental health treatment do not get the necessary follow-up care. This gap leads to a 50% increase in emergency room visits and hospitalizations related to mental health, costing our healthcare system $32 billion annually in outpatient mental health services. At Lead My Care, we’re on a mission to change this. Our AI-driven Mental Health Assistant is designed to support both patients and clinicians, ensuring that follow-up care is not just an afterthought but an integral part of the treatment process Here’s the impact we’re striving to achieve: ·5% Potential Cost Savings: By reducing unnecessary hospital visits, we aim to help save billions in healthcare costs. · 15% Potential Improvement in Patient Outcomes: With personalized support and continuous monitoring, we’re working to improve mental health outcomes. · 25% Potential Reduction in Emergency Room Visits: We’re developing timely interventions to prevent crises that would otherwise require emergency care. ·57% Potential Increase in Access to Mental Health Support: Our goal is to make mental health care more accessible to those who need it most. We’re committed to making these goals a reality and are actively seeking partners and clients to join us on this journey. Together, we can transform the way mental health care is delivered—making it more accessible, efficient, and impactful. Interested in learning more or discussing potential collaborations? Let’s connect! hashtag #MentalHealthSupport #AIinHealthcare #HealthTech #PatientCare #ClinicianSupport #HealthEquity #HolisticHealth #MentalHealthMatters #HealthcareInnovation #DigitalHealth

I hear a lot of non-behavioral health healthcare workers say, “I am not a “psych” provider/nurse”, or “that’s not our problem”. Where do these incorrect and dehumanizing statements stem from? Those we serve are negatively impacted by these harmful misconceptions. Dr. Brian Ahmedani and team’s research will tell you the percentage of people who visit a non-behavioral health hospital/provider in the previous 7/30/60/90/180/365 days prior to dying by suicide (https://lnkd.in/gB2BFAbK). As we enter into May Mental Health Awareness Month, I’d like to highlight the American Hospital Association’s push for harmonizing physical and emotional health in all general hospital/non-behavioral health settings. I would also like to highlight the American Nurses Association’s Scope and Standards of Practice which speaks to nursing as a holistic practice that encompasses the assessment and prioritization of psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual/transpersonal needs, amongst others. There is no health without mental health.

Value-Based Care vs. Fee for Service. It MATTERS! 7 Ways Primary Care with a First Stop Health doctor differs from a fee-for-service, 15-minute appt, with a traditional primary care doctor. Quality alone is worth the switch! #ValueBasedCare 1. Better Mental Health Support 2. Convenience 3. Longer Visits, More Trust 4. Improved Care Coordination 5. Better Access 6. Proactive vs. Reactive 7. No Cost & No Claims If you missed our 20-Min Benefit Buzz last week on Value-Based care, message me and I will send you the link! https://lnkd.in/eGPDYkBW

Neurofeedback technology can help clinics, practices and hospitals make a positive in road into the long healthcare and wellbeing waiting lists that are constantly being reported (see below) and simultaneously help address the burnout rates that many healthcare specialists are experiencing and that the APA reports in its 2023 Practitioner Pulse Survey See also https://lnkd.in/eRNQRchC.

Many of the mental health trusts we support initially face the challenge of inappropriate out-of-area (OOA) bed days as one of their pressures. In fact, I don’t believe I have spoken to a single trust this year that hasn't faced this issue. At RwHealth we previously held a round table where we explored OOA bed pressures with representatives from 10 mental health trusts. Almost all participants agreed on the following needs and more, to address this challenge: -High-quality mental health data insights, with dashboards built for purpose, not just because the data is available. -An understanding of why there is an increase in service users presenting in crisis who were not previously known to the trust and then ending up in a bed. -Reduced risk for clinicians when stepping down care. There's a culture of being risk-averse due to a lack of the right tools for decision-making, or junior clinicians making decisions leading to incredibly long lengths of stay for patients. Understanding pathways and decision making can reduce this. At RwHealth we focus on two main areas for our mental health clients: 1. Providing visibility over high-impact improvement opportunities, which led us to create our suite of mental health insight tools, starting with a Flow Tool that highlights how service users journey through services. 2. Lean process improvement to help trusts redesign services more optimally with the resources available. If you would like to review case studies on how we have helped trusts achieve a complete cessation of OOA bed days, discuss your current challenges, and explore how we might help you overcome them, please drop me an invite or message and I will arrange a call with the relevant colleagues. #mentalhealth #NHS #NHStrusts #Mentalhealthtrusts #OOA #Agencyspend #financialimprovement #patientcare #leanprocess #dataanalytics #data #BI #Healthtech #transformation #healthcaretransformation https://lnkd.in/eUyFRjun

Out-of-area bed usage has plagued Mental Health trusts for years. Despite many organisations' best efforts, they just cannot alleviate the pressures. This is because it 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦. Well, we should say it isn't 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 an inpatient problem - it often starts far before this, in community and crisis services. Great insight below from Dylan Smulders on how we help organisations tackle this same challenge every day. #mentalhealth #NHS #NHStrusts #Mentalhealthtrusts #OOA #Agencyspend #financialimprovement #patientcare #leanprocess #dataanalytics #data #BI #Healthtech #transformation #healthcaretransformation

This National Interprofessional Healthcare Month, I want to shine a light on the complexities in patient care and healthcare delivery that make interprofessional education and teamwork an absolute necessity. Since 2018, I've been working with the incredible artist George Folz and dozens of colleagues to tell compelling, illustrated stories that underscore the value of team-based care to improve patient and population health outcomes. Each of these illustrations is, as the saying goes, worth a thousand words. This one comes from my book, Interprofessional Practice in Pharmacy, published in 2021 by McGraw-Hill. "GASPING: An Illustrated Case Study" tells the story of a patient struggling with opioid addiction and the physiological changes over time that can increase the risk of overdose. Kudos to my friend and co-author of this case, Cody Wenthur, whose depth of knowledge and experience in this area truly elevated the story. I'm sure my IPE colleagues around the world will be able to work backwards from the tragic ending depicted here to identify numerous points of intervention where effective interprofessional collaboration would have altered the storyline. From: Wenthur CJ, Gallimore CE, Zorek JA. Chapter 12: Mental Health. In: Zorek JA. Interprofessional Practice in Pharmacy: Featuring Illustrated Case Studies. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2021:255-274.

Last week I had the amazing opportunity to attend #NatCon24, the annual conference organized by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. It was energizing to hear how CCBHCs, CMHCs, state agencies, and other organizations are working together to provide mental health and substance use care in their communities.   Some key takeaways: --- Community-based care models can meaningfully impact healthcare costs. States like Missouri, New York, and Texas saw that their CCBHCs can greatly reduce hospitalizations and ED utilization, which are high drivers of cost of care --- It takes a village. Care does not happen in one setting. It takes coordination of services and resources to engage patients in their treatment and recovery journey. --- Tighter integration of primary care and behavioral health services can help patients get care faster. This is already happening at many FQHCs across the country, but more can be done in other care settings --- Payment models matter. Prospective payments allow organizations to make meaningful investments in the people and technology resources needed to provide effective patient care. PPS financing for CCBHCs enables more innovation, workforce development, and comprehensive wraparound services for whole-person care   There is a lot of work to do still, I'm excited to partner with other leaders in this space to continue to advance mental health and substance use care.

Health care! Let's talk Trauma Informed Care from the Center for Health Care Strategies. I love that the trauma informed care includes not only the patients but the staff. Have you talked about this at your office? If not- click on the links and give it a read, talk to your staff and coworkers. Think about patient care through the lens of trauma informed care. All quotes are directly from their website https://lnkd.in/gBMS7MdN Safety: Throughout the organization, patients and staff feel physically and psychologically safe Trustworthiness + Transparency: Decisions are made with transparency, and with the goal of building and maintaining trust Peer Support Individuals with shared experiences are integrated into the organization and viewed as integral to service delivery Collaboration Power differences — between staff and clients and among organizational staff — are leveled to support shared decision-making Empowerment Patient and staff strengths are recognized, built on, and validated — this includes a belief in resilience and the ability to heal from trauma Humility + Responsiveness Biases and stereotypes (e.g., based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, geography) and historical trauma are recognized and addressed