Grand View, Penn Foundation closing their behavioral health unit - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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Both organizations are shifting their behavioral health focuz away from inpatient care and more towards outpatient Penn Foundationof Sellersville, Pa., will continued to operate its crisiw service program through the emergencty department of Grand View, also in and its crisis telephone hotline will continue. Penn Foundationm psychiatrists will remain on stafr atGrand View, wherre they will be on call to provide consultatived psychiatric services to hospital inpatients. An estimated 14 full-time equivalentt support staff employees of Granrd View and three PennFoundation full-timr equivalent employees will lose their jobs as resulft of the change.
They will be encouraged to pursuew other existing opportunities with thetwo “A key factor that has led to this decisionj is the very reduced level of utilizatiojn that is being experienced on the behavioral healtg unit,” said Stuart Fine, president and CEO of Grand View. “Nes medication regimens and restructuresd outpatient approaches to care have had a remarkable impactf uponbehavioral health. Our inpatient service that had long attende d to 12 to 16 patients per day is now attending to only six to eighsuch patients.
” Penn Foundation has piloteds several programs in recent years that are specifically designe d to prevent hospitalization and to promote independen t living and community The organization is planning an expansion of its facilitiee to support the community’s growing demand for several levels of outpatient services. “Penn Foundation and Grand View have had a clos e working relationship that extends back for over 50 saidJohn Goshow, Penn Foundation CEO. “Ourd organizations have coordinated in the development and operatio n of a variety of programsand services.
This decisionj has been made jointly, and we will continue to cooperatew in working to address as best we can the behaviora l health needs ofarea residents.”