<description>&lt;p&gt;Behavioral health shortages hit rural communities especially hard. In recognition of National Rural Health Day on November 20, Sutter Health's Dan Peterson, CEO of Behavioral Health Services, and Matthew White, M.D., chair of the Behavioral Health Service Line, share how the system is expanding behavioral health access across rural Northern California. They also discuss how new crisis stabilization units, rural clinic investments and virtual psychiatry models are supporting patients and clinicians in high-need areas.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Advancing Health

American Hospital Association

A Lifeline for Rural Communities: Sutter Health’s Bold Behavioral Health Access Expansion

NOV 19, 202513 MIN
Advancing Health

A Lifeline for Rural Communities: Sutter Health’s Bold Behavioral Health Access Expansion

NOV 19, 202513 MIN

Description

Behavioral health shortages hit rural communities especially hard. In recognition of National Rural Health Day on November 20, Sutter Health's Dan Peterson, CEO of Behavioral Health Services, and Matthew White, M.D., chair of the Behavioral Health Service Line, share how the system is expanding behavioral health access across rural Northern California. They also discuss how new crisis stabilization units, rural clinic investments and virtual psychiatry models are supporting patients and clinicians in high-need areas.