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

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Both organizations are shifting their behavioral healtyh focus away from inpatient care and more towardoutpatient services. Penn Foundation of Sellersville, Pa., will continud to operate its crisis servicde program through the emergency department ofGranf View, also in Sellersville, and its crisis telephonr hotline will continue. Penn Foundatio psychiatrists will remain on staff atGranx View, where they will be on call to providee consultative psychiatric services to hospital An estimated 14 full-time equivalent support stafr employees of Grand View and three Penn Foundation full-time equivalen employees will lose their jobs as resultg of the change.
They will be encouragex to pursue other existing opportunities with thetwo “A key factor that has led to this decisioh is the very reduced level of utilization that is beinvg experienced on the behavioral health unit,” said Stuarty Fine, president and CEO of Grand View. “Newa medication regimens and restructured outpatient approaches to care have had a remarkable impact upon behavioral Our inpatient service that had long attendeds to 12 to 16 patients per day is now attendinf to only six to eight such Penn Foundation has piloted several programe in recent years that are specifically designed to prevent hospitalizatiobn and to promote independent living andcommunitgy involvement.
The organization is planning an expansiojn of its facilities to supportthe community’s growing demand for severap levels of outpatient services. “Penn Foundationb and Grand View have had a close working relationshi that extends back for over 50 saidJohn Goshow, Penn Foundation CEO. “Ou r organizations have coordinated in the developmeny and operation of a variety of programs and This decision has beenmade jointly, and we will continuew to cooperate in working to address as best we can the behavioralk health needs of area residents.
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