A piece of equipment can fit perfectly on the plans and still be completely wrong for a behavioral health environment. Healthcare construction already requires careful coordination of equipment, utilities, accessibility, infection prevention, life safety, clinical...
read more
For many behavioral health organizations, telehealth has become part of everyday operations. What began as a response to the COVID-19 public health emergency is now an established method of delivering psychiatric evaluations, therapy, medication management, and other...
read more
Walking into a newly constructed or renovated behavioral health unit or space is exciting. The paint is fresh, the equipment is in place, and months—or years—of planning have finally come together. But before the first client arrives, leadership should ask one...
read more
Behavioral health professionals don’t enter the field because they enjoy documentation. They enter because they want to help people. Yet one of the most common issues Barrins consultants continue to observe during mock surveys and accreditation assessments has...
read more
Budget season is almost upon us, and it is one of the few times each year when behavioral health leaders can step back from day-to-day operations and decide where to invest limited resources. Sometimes, accreditation survey readiness doesn’t always make the...
read more
