
Behavioral Health Challenges
Addressing Behavioral Health Pressures in Hospitals

Hospitals face unprecedented behavioral health needs, especially in emergency departments, inpatient units, and crisis stabilization spaces. Patients often endure prolonged waits and limited access to specialized care, leading to unnecessary admissions, increased strain on hospital resources, higher costs, and negative patient outcomes. Array Behavioral Care partners with hospitals and health systems to address these pressures, delivering virtual behavioral health solutions that ensure patients in emergency and inpatient settings receive timely, effective care while optimizing resources.
Our Solution
A Comprehensive Approach to Behavioral Health
Psychiatrist-Led Risk Assessment
24/7 availability of psychiatrists for direct patient encounters and peer consultations, ensuring rapid, evidence-based level-of-care determinations that prevent costly unnecessary admissions and psychiatric boarding.
Evidence-Based Interventions
Initiation of stabilizing treatments as needed, with daily reassessments to determine if patients awaiting inpatient placement can be safely discharged, reducing length of stay and freeing up beds for new admissions.
Proactive Safety Planning
Consideration of community behavioral health resources and collaboration with onsite care coordinators to make informed disposition decisions and facilitate smooth care transitions.
Optimized Coverage
A tailored coverage plan based on hospital demand and resource constraints, ensuring adequate support during peak periods to reduce staffing costs and improve efficiency.

Why Array
Why Array is the Trusted Choice for Integrated Behavioral Health

With over 25 years of experience and more than 3 million patient encounters, Array brings unmatched knowledge and best practices to every program. Our psychiatrists work as an extension of your onsite team, providing timely responses, thorough evaluations, and clear documentation directly within your EMR/CPOE systems, enhancing coordination and supporting informed decision making.
Benefits of Your Hospital
How Array Improves Care Quality
and Operational Efficiency
Improved ED Throughput and Decreased Boarding
Rapid access to psychiatrists for assessments expedites decision-making, reducing length of stay for behavioral health patients and freeing up critical ED resources.
Seamless Transitions Across Care Settings
Array’s integrated care model ensures smooth transitions across settings, reducing rehospitalizations and associated costs while providing continuity of care.
Shorter Inpatient Length of Stay
Timely psychiatric consults for secondary mental health needs help shorten inpatient stays, support safe discharges and align with DRG-based financial metrics.
Financial Benefits
Reduced ED and inpatient length of stay, fewer unnecessary admissions, and lower readmission rates contribute to substantial cost savings and improved financial performance.
Better Bed Availability
Access to timely psychiatric care and informed disposition decisions improves patient flow and bed turnover, ensuring beds are available for other patients with urgent needs.
Optimized Resource Allocation
By managing behavioral health patient needs more effectively, Array enables hospitals to allocate staff, beds, and resources more strategically, reducing inefficiencies and improving overall operational performance.

Real Results
Delivering Measurable Improvements in Patient Care

Array’s virtual psychiatry services have helped hospitals decrease behavioral health patient length of stay by up to 75%, increase safe discharges by 36%, and cut unnecessary admissions by 37%. With expert-led, proactive care, Array enables hospitals to achieve better patient outcomes and enhanced operational efficiency.
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Partner with Array to Enhance Behavioral Health Care
Transform your approach to behavioral health management and experience measurable improvements in care quality and operational efficiency. Contact Array Behavioral Care today to explore how our comprehensive, psychiatrist-led virtual solutions can help meet the behavioral health needs of your emergency department, inpatient unit, emPATH unit, or crisis stabilization center.
Other Ways to Partner
Clinic-based Outpatient Care
Expanding Access to Behavioral Health in Community Settings
Array’s acute care solutions are designed to address behavioral health challenges in high-acuity settings like hospital emergency departments, inpatient units, and urgent care facilities. Led by experienced psychiatrists, our team provides assessments, crisis intervention, stabilization, and risk-informed disposition recommendations to support critical care. With Array, your organization can deliver timely and effective behavioral health support in moments that matter most, ensuring that patients receive the specialized attention they need during acute episodes.
At Home Behavioral Health Solutions
Accessible, High-Quality Behavioral Health Care at Home
Array Behavioral Care’s at-home virtual clinic model ensures patients receive timely behavioral health care in the comfort of their homes. Designed for recently discharged patients or those referred through primary or specialty care, our services include therapy, medication management, and psychiatric evaluations. By reducing barriers to access and supporting care continuity, Array minimizes avoidable ER visits and hospitalizations, while empowering patients to achieve better long-term outcomes.
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