NCDHHS Announces New Online Bed Registry To Decrease Wait Times For Behavioral Health Care

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is launching a new tool called "BH SCAN" to help hospitals and other provider organizations quickly find an open bed where people can get the behavioral health treatment they need. The goal is to reduce the length of time people in behavioral health crisis wait in a hospital emergency department for an open treatment bed.

“BH SCAN” is an online centralized bed registry with a daily inventory of available beds to help provider organizations more efficiently find and refer people to appropriate treatment with the potential to reduce long stays . . .