North Colorado Medical Center Achieves Major Reduction in Inpatient Days

March 6, 2000

North Colorado Medical Center Achieves Major Reduction in Inpatient Days

North Colorado Medical Center has achieved a 74% reduction in total inpatient days through its Behavioral Health Care Coordination Project (BHCC). The BHCC Project was developed in 1997 to meet the unique needs of behavioral health patients who had the highest readmission rates and a pattern of not following doctors’ advice. The project involved 25 of the highest utilizing patients ranging in age from 35 to 63 years old whose primary diagnosis was chemical dependency, had a high rate of co-occurring psychiatric and . . .