As we approach a post-pandemic world, providers are facing sudden spikes in patients with behavioral health conditions and substance use disorder—many of which also have social determinants of health (SDOH).

Providing meaningful care for these patients in the wake of COVID-19 requires a full, collaborative, community effort.

Dr. Brian Patel, Chief of Emergency Medicine at Sturdy Memorial Hospital, and Deborah Jean Parsons, Ph.D. Director of Integrated Care at Aspire Health Alliance, share their actionable—and proven—best practices for establishing and developing community partnerships to support patients struggling with complex comorbid physical, behavioral, mental, and SDOH challenges.

Learning Objectives

• Learn how real-time updates and community collaboration effectively and efficiently deliver a complex, high-risk patient population the diverse services they require—at a lower cost and with higher quality outcomes.
• Show how intervention within the emergency department can reduce ED use for behavioral health patients by 76% and increase patient engagement in community behavioral health programs by 150%
• Understand the unique challenges facing providers who manage patients with complex physical, behavioral, mental, and social determinants of health needs as we move into a post-pandemic world.