Netsmart & Bamboo Health Create A 988 Crisis Referral System

Netsmart has partnered with Bamboo Health, creating a behavioral health referral network to support implementation of a 988 behavioral health crisis management and care coordination platform. The platform is designed to expedite access to treatment for those in crisis and connect individuals in crisis to a network of care {AJP} post crisis to ensure the right ongoing care and services are available. The goal of the 988 system is to divert people in crisis from hospital emergency departments and from law enforcement response to the lowest intensity level of care appropriate to the person’s needs. The first entity to . . .