Proceed With Caution

Proceed With Caution

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Until recently, behavioral health information (a blanket term covering both mental health and substance abuse treatment) has been sequestered by both law and common practice, and behavioral health professionals have guarded it jealously. … medical …
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Detroit area hospitals fight to stem emergency room violence

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Experts cite the large number of mentally ill, intoxicated and drug-addicted patients seen in emergency departments. The ER can be a pressure … The matter has gotten the attention of Michigan lawmakers. The Senate passed a bill in … Beaumont-Royal …
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Standard of Care

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Mandi Kane, a spokeswoman for Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, writes in an email that, in an average year, the hospital treats about “13 patients in the ICU each day.” That adds up to 4,745 patients a year—roughly 7 percent of Santa Fe's …
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