Though we are working to transition many staff to other positions, our inpatient mental health unit at St. Joseph’s will remain on site to help address mental health needs with no change to our current inpatient bed count. Our long-term acute care (LTAC) services at St. Joseph’s will also continue unchanged.
As the largest provider of mental health services in the Upper Midwest, our commitment to mental healthcare for Minnesotans and others has always – and will continue to – run deep.
In addition to inpatient care at St. Joseph’s, our innovative Transition Care Services program is helping people with mental health needs bridge gaps between an initial hospital visit and follow-up care – which can be a particularly challenging and vulnerable time with urgent needs. Based at St. Joseph’s, the program provides same-day access to mental health and addiction care.
“It’s common for patients who are hospitalized or who seek initial treatment to have to wait several days for their next appointment,” said Emergency Medicine Physician and Psychiatrist Richard Levine, MD. “During that time, they may lose their motivation for treatment. Or they may start to feel better and think they don’t need additional care. “The new Transition Care Services program on the St. Joe’s campus is set up to directly target this need.”
Our Mobile SUDS program is a lifeline for people who need addiction care. The program’s mobile recovery team brings services directly to patients our in the community.
On March 29, we opened Minnesota’s first EmPATH mental health service – a pioneering new treatment model that offers rapid, comprehensive care in a calming environment. We’re proud to be the first in Minnesota to embrace this model, which moves emergency mental health care in a pioneering direction.