Reducing Psych Boarding: OPEN MINDS Expert Perspectives

Last week, the boarding of consumers with behavioral disorders in emergency rooms was the topic at hand (see Reducing Psychiatric Boarding – What Will Work?). Associations held briefings on the Hill, in an attempt to speak on the problem and provide potential solutions (see Capito, Hassan Reintroduce Bill To Improve Mental Health Care In Emergency Departments and ACEP Leads Congressional Briefing To Sound The Alarm On Boarding).

But the recommendations of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), Policy Solutions To Emergency Department Boarding, were many and wide-ranging. My question: Which of those recommendations were likely to have the greatest . . .