Empath Units

Insights and Innovations​

Stay informed with the latest research and developments in psychiatric emergency care. Click on the cards below to read more about the impact and success of EmPATH Units in transforming healthcare.

JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY NURSING - ENA

EmPATH Units Provide Mental Health Patients a Soothing, Calming Alternative to the Frenzy of the ED

Laurie Saloman

PSYCHIATRY ADVISOR

EmPATH Units as a Solution for Emergency Department Psychiatric Patient Boarding

Dr. Scott L Zeller

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Emergency psychiatric assessment, treatment, and healing (EmPATH) unit decreases hospital admission for patients presenting with suicidal ideation in rural America.

Allison K Kim, J Priyanka Vakkalanka, 
Paul Van Heukelom, Jodi Tate, Sangil Lee

BLOOMBERG NEWS

Mental Health Crisis Leads Hospitals to Create a New 
Type of ER

Laurie Saloman

THE NEW YORKER

Reinventing the E.R. for America’s Mental-Health Crisis

Dhruv Khullar

STAT

Mental health crisis centers and EmPATH units: offering care that busy ERs can’t

Grace Rubenstein

Becker's Healthcare

How 3 hospitals are reimagining behavioral crisis care

Rylee Wilson

Psych Times

First Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, and Healing Unit Opens in Lexington, Kentucky

Andrew T. Cooley, MD, Lindsey Jasinski, PhD, MHA Marc Woods, DNP, RN, NEA-BC

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EmPATH Consulting is backed by Inflect Health, a leader in healthcare innovation. Through strategic investments, incubation, and advisory services, Inflect Health accelerates the development of transformative solutions in healthcare. Together, we’re shaping the future of psychiatric emergency care.

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