Webinar
When behavioral health capacity requires a partner
Hear how health systems can optimize limited clinical resources and use external partnerships to expand access to behavioral health care.
Behavioral health workforce shortages can make it difficult for health systems to meet growing demand using internal resources alone. The challenge becomes determining which capabilities should remain internal and where outside support can help fill critical gaps.
In this webinar clip, Earl E. Walker, Jr. of Bayhealth discusses the importance of ensuring licensed clinicians can focus their time on clinical care, while other team members, including navigators, support care coordination.
He also shares Bayhealth’s experience using telepsychiatry to supplement its internal behavioral health capabilities, with more than 80% of its encounters delivered through telepsychiatry.
Rather than viewing workforce shortages solely as a limitation, Earl describes an opportunity for health systems to think differently about partnership, coordination and communication when internal capacity cannot meet patient needs.
What you’ll hear in this clip
- Why behavioral health professionals should be able to work at the top of their licensure
- How role clarity between clinicians and navigators can help optimize limited resources
- When external resources can help address behavioral health capacity constraints
- How Bayhealth is using telepsychiatry to support behavioral health delivery
- Why strong coordination and communication with partners matter when expanding care