The health system announced its plan to offer mental health access at 10 AdventHealth Express Care locations at Walgreens across the greater tampa bay.
TAMPA, Fla., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Today, AdventHealth announced the expansion of its mental health focus outside of the primary care setting during a press conference with Tampa Bay Thrives and additional community partners. The health system will expand your care to provide same-day access to a mental health physician at 10 AdventHealth Express Care locations at Walgreens across tampa bay through telehealth. Today, AdventHealth’s medical practices at AdventHealth Care Pavilion New Tampa connect patients with expert mental health physicians for same-day behavioral health treatment, by phone or video visit, from the privacy of their home.
“Mental health is a crisis and because it is so imperative to meet people where they are to provide physical and mental health care, we have incorporated immediate telehealth mental health services within our own teams and with the communities we serve. we serve,” said John Johannessen, senior executive director of non-acute care, AdventHealth West Florida Division. “Expanding our current collaboration model with Concert Health will allow us to integrate behavioral health into the retail environment, providing more access points for care while improving outcomes for patients.”
In 2021, Concert Health, a leading behavioral health medical group, and AdventHealth, one of the nation’s largest faith-based health systems with more than 50 hospital campuses across the country, launched a partnership to provide collaborative care, an evidence-based model for identifying and treating patients with behavioral health needs within the primary care setting. This partnership provides patients of the 100 AdventHealth providers in the Tampa, Fla. Y Hendersonville, North Carolina regions with same-day access to critical treatment for behavioral health conditions such as anxiety and depression. More than 60% of Concert Health patients see a 50% reduction in their symptoms of depression or anxiety within 90 days. This flexible, patient-centered approach will allow AdventHealth physicians to practice whole-person care through a high-touch model that addresses both mental and physical health.
“Many people who struggle with behavioral health issues never get the care they need, either because they lack a diagnosis or don’t realize what they’re experiencing. This program provides a safe space for patients and makes it easier for them to get treatment and improve your overall health and quality of life,” said rainer-chanMD, Medical Director, AdventHealth Medical Group, West Florida Division.
As an extension of the AdventHealth network of care, Concert Behavioral Care Managers and Psychiatrists will work directly with AdventHealth Primary Care Providers and Advanced Practice Providers to identify behavioral health conditions, develop a plan of care, review the patient’s progress and make any necessary adjustments.
About AdventHealth West Florida Division
The West Florida Division of AdventHealth is home to some of the nation’s brightest medical minds making life-saving breakthroughs with surgical pioneers, scientists and researchers using cutting-edge technology and innovation to deliver our brand of comprehensive care. Our care network includes AdventHealth Carrollwood, AdventHealth Connerton, AdventHealth Dade City, AdventHealth Heart of Florida, AdventHealth Lake Placid, AdventHealth Lake Wales, AdventHealth North Pinellas, AdventHealth Ocala, AdventHealth Sebring, AdventHealth Tampa, AdventHealth Wauchula, AdventHealth Wesley Chapel, and AdventHealth Zephyrhills, as well as seven freestanding emergency rooms, including AdventHealth Belleview ER, AdventHealth Brandon ER, AdventHealth Central Pasco ER, AdventHealth Four Corners ER, AdventHealth Palm Harbor ER, AdventHealth TimberRidge ER, and AdventHealth Westchase ER. We are more than hospitals, with a strong system of care that includes specialty acute care, over 200 employed primary care physicians and specialists, Express Care at Walgreens clinics, urgent care centers, wound care, physical therapy , home care, mobile mammography and more. AdventHealth is a faith-based, not-for-profit health care system with a mission to Extend the Healing Ministry of Christ. AdventHealth has hundreds of care sites and nearly 50 hospitals throughout the United States. To learn more about AdventHealth, visit AdventHealth.com or Facebook.com/AdventHealth.
Media contact
West Florida Division Corporate Communications, AdventHealth, 813-803-4016, [email protected]
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