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SolutionHealth and Acadia Healthcare Form Joint Venture to Build a Behavioral Health Hospital in Southeast New Hampshire
BEDFORD, N.H. & FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Board of Trustees of SolutionHealth, parent organization of Elliot Health System and Southern New
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[{"type":"text","content":" BEDFORD, N.H. & FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nThe Board of Trustees of SolutionHealth, parent organization of Elliot Health System and Southern New Hampshire Health, has formed a joint venture with Acadia Healthcare, a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services across the U.S. to build a new behavioral health hospital in southeast New Hampshire.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230630610934/en/\nThis $60 million investment in the community will significantly increase access to specialty behavioral healthcare, as the new hospital will have 144 beds and a full array of inpatient behavioral health programs and will be carefully designed, creating a therapeutic and welcoming environment for patients, staff and clinicians.\n\n\nThis project will also be supported by $15 million in state funding from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services to defray capital costs for the construction of the new hospital.\n\n\nOne in five U.S. adults experience mental illness each year. And in New Hampshire, mental health issues affect over 1/3 of the population. The need for specialized healthcare facilities that are focused on caring for behavioral health needs is never more apparent than today.\n\n\n“This joint venture is fully supported by the Boards of Trustees and Executive Leadership across our system as it expands our ability to provide expert care to an ever-expanding facet of the communities we serve,” noted CEO of SolutionHealth, Bradley Kreick. “The goals of the joint venture include increasing behavioral health access in the region, reducing emergency department waiting periods for behavioral health triage and disposition, and providing a state-of-the-art behavioral health center of excellence for patients, close to home.”\n\n\nElliot Health System and Southern New Hampshire Health have long been supporting the healthcare needs of residents by offering robust inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services. This joint venture will more than double the inpatient capacity currently offered by these organizations.\n\n\n“We continue to see long-term boarding of patients in our emergency rooms – rooms that are not equipped for long-term care needs – due to the lack of hospital beds and facilities that are properly equipped and sta...