How Health Systems are Leveraging Virtual Care to Scale and Sustain Outpatient Behavioral Health Care

Developing a scalable and financially sustainable outpatient behavioral health program is a key goal for healthcare organizations, but without the right long-term solution in place, getting there can be challenging.

Fortunately, for organizations like Elliot Health System and Texas Health Resources, investing in strategic behavioral health partnerships and virtual services allowed them to overcome provider shortages, reduce wait times, alleviate burnout, and enhance early access to treatment.

Download the free resource for their complete insights and to learn how they set their behavioral health programs up for success.

If you would like to learn more about how you can optimize your behavioral health program in the outpatient unit, contact us today!

The Benefits of Leveraging Virtual Behavioral Health Services for Inpatient Care

Ensuring patients have access to high-quality behavioral health providers is essential for inpatient care, especially during a provider shortage. Fortunately, virtual behavioral health programs, like Scheduled Services, can connect your organization with specialty providers available consistently each week to provide specialty care your patients and providers can count on.

In this downloadable, we provide an overview of Scheduled Services in the inpatient setting, why virtual behavioral health is a good fit for inpatient care, the benefits of a virtual care approach, and the top qualities of a supportive telehealth partner.

If you’d like to learn more about what Scheduled Services could look like at your organization, contact us today!

How Scheduled Services Benefits Inpatient Care

Ensuring patients have access to high-quality behavioral health providers is essential for inpatient care, especially during a provider shortage.

Fortunately, virtual behavioral health programs, like Scheduled Services, can connect your organization with specialty providers available consistently each week to provide specialty care your patients and providers can count on.

In this downloadable, we provide an overview of Scheduled Services in the inpatient setting, the benefits of a virtual care approach, and the top qualities of a supportive telehealth partner.

If you’d like to learn more about what Scheduled Services could look like at your organization, contact us today!

The Impact of Quality Management in Healthcare

Quality management is paramount to ensuring treatment outcomes, efficiency, patient safety, and timely care.

Fortunately, working with a strategic behavioral health partner can help your organization improve your outcomes and ensure patients get the most out of your services.

In this downloadable, we share what quality operations look like, different behavioral health quality initiatives, key quality measures, and what quality management looks like in practice (as well as its benefits).

If you’d like to learn more about how you can help ensure your organization is tracking your quality measures and meeting your behavioral health goals, contact us today!

Iris Providers Share Their Experience with Virtual Care

Virtual care continues to grow in popularity, and mental health professionals experience many benefits from working remotely.

At Iris, we’re proud to work with psychiatrists, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, and licensed therapy providers from all over the country who work with the unique specialties or populations they’re most passionate about treating.

In this piece, we’ve collected their key takeaways on remote work, best practices and tips for virtual care, and how they envision the future of mental health care.

We love to celebrate and applaud our providers for the incredible work they do each day. If you’d like to learn about life at Iris and how we can match you with your ideal working preferences, be sure to check our careers page to learn more!

How Health Systems Can Increase Quality Care Virtually

Scaling behavioral health services to provide timely access to quality care to your community can feel daunting.

Fortunately, with the right strategic partner, health systems can navigate these challenges to help ensure patients receive quality, sustainable behavioral health care across the continuum.

In this piece, we’ll share how top healthcare leaders from Allina Health and Geisinger are leveraging their partnerships with Iris to provide high-quality, scalable, and sustainable patient care.

We’re proud to partner with healthcare organizations like Geisinger and Allina Health, that are helping patients in their communities get the quality behavioral health care they need. If you would like to learn more about optimizing your organization’s approach to behavioral health care, contact us today.

How to Develop a Financially Sustainable Behavioral Health Program

Building out a financially sustainable behavioral health program takes a top-notch team of providers, a strong partnership by your side, and effective, timely care delivered to your patients when they need it.

In this piece, we review the financial obstacles your organization may face, the six pillars of a financially sustainable behavioral health program, foundational care models, and the importance of a holistic care approach.

Contact us today if you’d like to learn more about how Iris Telehealth can set your organization up for a financially sustainable future.

How to Achieve Behavioral Health Quality Measures Through Telehealth Support

As a CCBHC, your organization serves as an invaluable resource for those facing behavioral health challenges in your community. At the same time, you’re held to rigorous behavioral health quality measures and required to meet a high influx of patient needs each day. While serving your community is rewarding, you don’t have to juggle it all on your own.

In this piece, we cover how supplementing staffing with a telehealth solution can help your organization meet mental health quality measures and benefit from medical group leadership and evidence-based best practices.

If you’d like to learn more about how Iris Telehealth can help connect you with quality behavioral health providers to help support the mental health needs in your community, contact us today.

How to Transition from Private Practice to a Telehealth Group

Making the decision to move from private practice to working for a telehealth group comes with a lot of thought and consideration. In this piece, we outline everything you need to know making this transition seamless – along with a list of benefits to telehealth, your very own transition checklist, and some thoughts on telehealth from providers just like you!



At Iris, we applaud our providers for the incredible work they do day in and day out. We also help ensure they have everything they need to focus on what they do best – providing top-notch patient care. Want to learn what it’s like to have the work-life balance you’ve always dreamed of? Visit our careers page to learn about life at Iris!

How to Find the Best Telemental Health Provider for Your Organization

Investing in virtual behavioral health care connects your patients with specialty providers who can help effectively meet their needs. But how do you know which provider type is the best fit for your population?

We’ve broken down everything you need to know about the different provider types and the benefits they bring in a virtual environment.

At Iris Telehealth, we ensure your organization is matched with the best provider for your needs. Whether you require a Psychiatrist, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP), or a Licensed Clinical Social Work (LCSW), we can find a provider who aligns with your culture, values, and your patient’s specialty needs.

Contact us today to learn more about our provider matching process and we’ll help you find the mental health professional your care team and your patients will love.