Atrium Health Cabarrus To Expand Its Behavioral Health Holding Unit Capacity

Atrium Health Cabarrus in North Carolina is expanding the capacity of its behavioral health holding unit at the hospital from the current eight beds located within the emergency department to a separate unit outside the emergency department with 12 to 14 beds. The expanded unit will have a shower, a telepsych unit, and other behavioral health care needs. Construction started in November 2022.

The goal is to divert people in behavioral health crisis from the emergency department, provide them with specialized care and allow the emergency department to function more efficiently. The hospital intends to convert the current behavioral health . . .