Expanding the breadth and depth of services at any healthcare facility provides numerous benefits from both a business and patient outcomes perspective.
With more service offerings at a single facility, patients can receive more of the treatment prescribed within their plan of care without requiring a referral to another facility or, as in crisis situations, without requiring expensive medical transportation. It also minimizes the friction involved in seeing multiple doctors at multiple facilities, improving continuity of care — which can result in lower mortality rates, better community functioning, lower severity of symptoms, decreased odds of hospitalization, and lower likelihood of suicide deaths in patients with mental health disorders.