Webinar
Making the executive case for behavioral health investment
See how behavioral health leaders are using executive champions, better data and strategic timing to build organizational support for behavioral health priorities.
Getting executive buy-in for behavioral health can be challenging, especially when leaders are balancing competing investments and the data needed to demonstrate the problem is still developing.
In this webinar clip, Earl E. Walker, Jr. of Bayhealth shares how support from a chief nursing executive helped elevate behavioral health as an organizational priority after challenges including emergency department delays and patient boarding highlighted the need for a more focused approach.
He also discusses a familiar challenge for behavioral health leaders: making recommendations when the metrics needed to support them don’t yet exist. His approach has been to continuously gather information, develop dashboards and revisit leadership with stronger data to help inform the conversation.
The discussion also highlights the importance of timing behavioral health proposals appropriately when they are competing for attention with other organizational and capital priorities.
What you’ll hear in this clip
- How an executive champion can help elevate behavioral health priorities
- Why data and dashboards matter when making the case for investment
- How leaders can continue building the evidence needed to support behavioral health strategy
- Why timing matters when behavioral health competes with other capital priorities