“We think there are some really great opportunities to solve problems, and part of the process of a collaborative is just sitting down and answering the question: What is next?” This collaborative basically says, ‘OK, what’s next? Where do we go next? What big problems do we want to solve together?’” he said. That was a good experience, and the experience we’ve had working together to develop the Pediatric Behavioral Health Center of Excellence has been great and has so much promise for the community. By formalizing ties, the two organizations want to take that collaboration “to a higher level,” Eastburg said. Pine Rest and Corewell also worked together extensively during the pandemic in the last three years to share resources, expertise and staff as incidence rates and demand for mental health care spiked. Targeted to start construction in 2024 at Pine Rest’s 68th Street campus in Cutlerville, the new facility will include psychiatric urgent care, a crisis stabilization unit and specialty outpatient clinics to prevent mental health crises for conditions such as depression, anxiety and eating disorders. The Collaborative for Behavioral Health builds on a partnership that Corewell Health and Pine Rest formed in mid-2022 to develop a $62 million, 88-bed pediatric center. “We believe that by two institutions working together, we can solve more problems faster than if we’re working independently,” Pine Rest President and CEO Dr. The collaborative will focus on areas that include reducing wait times to see a mental health care provider, decreasing the cost and increasing the quality of care, and addressing barriers to access, particularly for pediatric behavioral health services and in underserved markets. Through the collaborative, the two companies plan to “intentionally and regularly identify behavioral health issues affecting the community, and to solve them through collaborative projects,” according to a joint announcement on the venture. GRAND RAPIDS - A new partnership between Corewell Health and Pine Rest Christian Mental Services aims to tighten ties between the two organizations to improve access to care in West Michigan.Įxecutives from the largest in-state health system and Michigan’s largest behavioral health care provider said today they signed an agreement to create the Collaborative for Behavioral Health that will look for additional ways to partner on mental health care.
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