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Software company provides Florida-based mental health treatment services provider with comprehensive platform and data analytics to support measurement-based care.

ATLANTA, Oct. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Proem Behavioral Health, developer of the evidence-based clinical workflow support engine that helps efficiently and accurately screen, test and measure treatment success for those suffering from mental illness, is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Neurobehavioral Hospitals of the Palm Beaches.

A Florida-based behavioral health treatment provider of inpatient and outpatient services, partial hospitalization programs (PHP) and intensive outpatient programs (IOP), Neurobehavioral Hospitals is working to change the way mental health care is provided in the communities it serves and better meet patients wherever they are in their mental health care journey.

Neurobehavioral Hospitals will use the Proem platform, which includes the world’s most clinically validated set of licensed digital assessments, to help improve patient engagement, measurement-based care, consistency of care, accuracy and efficiency — all to help produce better outcomes for patients.

“Proem delivers exactly what we want in a platform,” says Paul Rashid, MD, chief medical officer of Neurobehavioral Hospitals. “We wanted a solution that could proactively identify the majority of diagnosed DSM-5 conditions within minutes, in one quick comprehensive assessment. We wanted a solution that would help expand our use of measurement-based care so we can better ensure accuracy and consistency of care. We wanted a solution that would enhance our ability to engage with patients prior to, during, and after their time with us, and we wanted a solution with data and reporting that would empower us to strengthen our evidence-based care pathways. Proem checked all those boxes and more.”

Neurobehavioral Hospitals also will use Proem to help reduce readmissions. The organization will send ongoing assessments through Proem to patients who have been discharged and those receiving outpatient services to keep them engaged in their ongoing recovery.

“Our hope is that these outreach efforts enable us to further support our patients and identify when they may require additional assistance,” says Beau Lynch, chief executive officer of Neurobehavioral Hospitals. “When an assessment flags a patient at elevated risk, we can contact this individual and work to get them the services they need to get them back on a path to full recovery.”

Proem’s exclusively licensed digital structured interview has been validated to show psychiatrist agreement in 89% of diagnoses and used in clinical settings, research studies and clinical trials for many years worldwide. The intelligent workflow engine from Proem captures data at every step of the behavioral health care process, providing insight to help providers assess and diagnose mental illness and determine the appropriate next right steps to take in a patient’s care.

“Neurobehavioral Hospitals is an impressive organization with admirable goals of making mental health treatment services more patient-centered, empathetic and accessible,” says John Letter, chief executive officer of Proem. “They recognize the importance of relying upon measurement- and evidence-based care to better ensure patients receive the right services at the right time. We are pleased that Neurobehavioral Hospitals chose Proem to support their mantra of ‘always do the right thing’ and further exemplify our belief that ‘healthier minds start with Proem.’”

ABOUT Neurobehavioral HOSPITALS
Neurobehavioral Hospitals is committed to raising the standard of mental health care. With nearly 20 years of experience providing evidence-based, trauma-informed programs in a variety of inpatient, residential, and outpatient settings, Neurobehavioral Hospitals of the Palm Beaches and its affiliated sites currently provide mental health and substance use disorder treatment to approximately 3,000 patients in 10 states. Learn more at nbhospitals.com.

ABOUT PROEM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Proem Behavioral Health provides the premier clinical workflow software engine that helps behavioral health providers, primary care, substance use disorder clinics and research organizations efficiently and accurately screen, test and measure treatment success for those suffering from mental illness. Proem is the exclusive digital licensee worldwide of gold-standard, evidence-based screening solutions, structured interviews and post-diagnosis severity measurement scales to monitor patient outcomes. To learn more, visit proemhealth.com and follow Proem on LinkedIn and X (Twitter).

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Among the features of the new Neurobehavioral Hospitals in Boynton Beach is this: Twelve hours of structured, meaningful therapeutic activity per day.

The idea is to keep patients busily focused on good outcomes.

“They’re not just wasting time away,” CEO Beau Lynch said. “They’re working on themselves.”

Lynch, a NAMI Palm Beach County board member, oversees the 71-bed hospital on 6.5 acres southwest of Interstate 95 and Gateway Boulevard as well as the company’s 42-bed North Campus at St. Mary’s Medical Center on 45th Street. The main difference between the two facilities? North Campus is for those admitted under the state’s Baker Act. Boynton Beach is strictly for patients entering voluntarily.

The idea is to provide different treatments for those suffering acute psychosis and those who enter willingly to treat a known condition.

“We knew there was a need in our county,” Lynch said. “This voluntary hospital really changes the game of behavioral health in Florida.”

The Boynton facility opened 12 of its 71 beds on Jan. 17. It was a soft opening to work on procedures to improve patient experience and outcomes, Lynch said, with the objective of opening all 71 beds by April. Like the North Campus, the hospital also will take Medicare and Medicaid patients.

Neurobehavioral’s parent company, Nashville-based Wellpath, paid $9.5 million for the Boynton Beach property, the former 100-bed Watershed substance abuse treatment facility. They’ve invested more than $13 million in gutting and rebuilding the four-story structure, Lynch said.

Patients start their day with sunrise yoga outdoors. They have expressive arts and pet therapy and music therapy. Lynch intends to bring in a piano for anyone to play.

It takes more staff and the right kind of staffing to commit to 12 hours of therapeutic activities every day, he said.

Aside from nurses and mental health techs, the hospital employs peer support specialists and social workers who oversee group sessions. A clinical psychologist also conducts two to three sessions a week.

They’ll have in-house transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, an approach using magnets to treat depression.

The hospital also offers one-on-one psychotherapy with a licensed clinical psychologist.

A pharmacist runs a group session to discuss the risks and importance of medication. There’s a dietitian on staff. “Gut health leads to brain health,” Lynch said.

One of the ways the hospital is raising the standard of care, Lynch said, is the effort to create a healing environment.

“We want to create a journey that is meaningful to the patients and not just a waste of time,” he said.

The hospital is outfitted with the latest in safe furniture. Plastic desk chairs are made heavy with sand. Bathroom doors have no hinges, but rather rely on a Velcro-like magnetic bond to attach or detach from the threshold.

Door handles slide up and down, offering no door knob handle that could lead to injury.

New technology allows patients more options for communicating with loved ones. They are assigned custom-built flip phones that have no cameras to violate privacy rules and no internet access.

The cell phones allow patients to make calls and text during free time. That means the hallway phone booth that acts as a general phone in most hospitals will be used rarely, Lynch said.

Palm Beach County, Florida – Today, Neurobehavioral Hospitals of the Palm Beaches (NBH) announced it will be opening two locations, North and South, to increase access to mental health care in Palm Beach County. NBH-North opened on April 11 in the space previously occupied by the St. Mary’s Institute for Mental Health at 993 45th Street, West Palm Beach, Florida. NBH-North is licensed as a hospital provider of Baker Act emergency treatment services as well as providing outpatient services. NBH-South, a specialized hospital capable of serving voluntary patients who require additional treatment or have medical complexities, will open approximately eight weeks later at the space previously occupied by the Watershed Treatment Center at 4905 Park Ridge Blvd, Boynton Beach, Florida. These new facilities will provide high quality, evidence-based services in best-in-class environments, to individuals experiencing a mental health condition who require inpatient hospitalization.

The Health Care District’s mission is to recognize and bridge gaps of the health care needs within our community, and we see a huge need in our mental health delivery of services.” said, Darcy J. Davis, CEO of the Health Care District. “Partnering with Neurobehavioral Hospitals, who is committed to raising the standards of mental health care that is grounded in evidence based, quality treatment planning will be a much-needed health care provider for our community at a perfect time.”

“Neurobehavioral Hospitals will provide compassionate healthcare to individuals suffering with mental illness,” said Beau Lynch, CEO of Neurobehavioral Hospitals of the Palm Beaches. “Since the closure of the Jerome Golden Center in 2019 and subsequent consolidation of services by other providers, access to care in Palm Beach County has been severely limited. Our NBH North and South locations are the first step at reversing this trend and raising the standard of mental healthcare. Our goal is to improve health and transform lives and Neurobehavioral Hospitals of the Palm Beaches will change the way mental healthcare is provided in the communities we serve.”

“Our Neurobehavioral care model uses a fully integrated interdisciplinary team approach to provide individualized, comprehensive mental health care to each patient.” said Dr. Paul Rashid, Chief Medical Officer. “The interdisciplinary team’s goal is to consider the individual complexities of each patient and personalize each treatment plan for the most optimized outcomes.”

“We are thrilled to be working with NBH and look forward to collaborating with likeminded providers committed to improving the behavioral health care and improving access to our community.” said, Ann M. Berner, CEO at Southeast Florida Behavioral Health Network. “In 2019 after the closure of the Jerome Golden Center, and subsequent behavioral health closures, our community has lost 104 inpatient mental healthcare beds which was a blow to our integrated delivery system at a critical time. Now that NBH North and South campuses are coming online, Florida is, for the first time in years, gaining a much-needed addition beds, bringing a total number of NBH mental health inpatient beds in Palm Beach County to 114.”

Neurobehavioral Hospitals is committed to raising the standard of mental health care. With nearly twenty years of experience providing evidence-based, trauma-informed programs in a variety of inpatient, residential, and outpatient settings, Neurobehavioral Hospitals of the Palm Beaches and its affiliated sites currently provide mental health and substance use disorder treatment to approximately 3,000 patients in ten states. Learn more at www.nbhospitals.com.

nUnderstanding that the therapeutic environment plays an important role in our patients’ progress, we will create safe, best-in-class, modern, comfortable facilities that are designed to ensure each patient is in the most optimal setting for restorative healing.