Integrating a Mobile Crisis Response Team Into the 911 System as an Alternative to Traditional Police and Ambulance Response for Behavioral and Mental Health Crises and Socially Vulnerable Patients
Greg Scott, MBA, EMD-QI
Sep 03, 2024|AEDR 2024 Vol. 12 Issue 2|Case Report
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 57.8 million Americans were estimated to have a mental illness in 2021—a cohort that represents 22.8% of all adults in the U.S. The same report estimates that 14.1 million of them have a condition defined as Severe Mental Illness (SMI), equaling 5.5% of U.S. adults.