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Reduce ED and inpatient admissions & readmissions for mental health.

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Proven Clinical Outcomes

Improved Quality Measures

Aligned Financial Incentives

MENTAL HEALTH CARE TODAY

EDs have become the frontline of the mental health crisis

As the mental health crisis grows, hospitals & health systems are increasingly feeling the burden in the Emergency Department. Staggering provider shortages leave patients in need of mental health care, with nowhere else to turn.

3x

Mental health patients take three times longer to discharge.

14.2

Percentage of patients who return to the ED or hospital within 30 days after visiting for MHSA conditions.

31x

Suicide mortality was 31 times higher for those who presented at the ED with suicidal ideation.

MENTAL HEALTH CARE with BRIGHTSIDE

Better care for patients, less risk for hospitals & health systems

Seamless support after discharge

Brightside streamlines your patient discharge workflow, providing you with a timely referral option for patients stepping down from higher levels of care, including: inpatient, ED, IOP, and PHP. We make it easy with:

  • Patient Referral Portal for prompt appointments
  • ADT notifications to begin patient engagement
  • Integration with your EHR for seamless discharge planning

Timely care delivery across the clinical spectrum

We ensure even your highest risk patients can access the care they need, when they need it—often within 48 hours. This includes:

  • Specialized Care for Suicidality
  • Personalized Psychiatry & Medication Management
  • Clinically-Proven Therapy

Improved patient activation & engagement

Our proprietary tools & technology enable us to identify and activate high-risk patients, and proactively engage them in their care—improving clinical outcomes and preventing escalations.

Care navigation throughout the patient journey

By providing care navigation, we can help prevent ED admissions and readmissions by ensuring that patients always receive the right care for their changing needs—including managing patient escalations and referrals to appropriate care facilities beyond Brightside when necessary.

how we help

Brightside fills a critical gap in mental health care

By providing high-risk patients with timely access to specialized care, Brightside fills the gap between routine outpatient services and the emergency department.

Our care can help patients who:

  • Are actively suicidal or have had a recent suicide attempt
  • Are presenting with moderate to severe cases, but don’t require inpatient treatment
  • Need follow-up care after hospitalization

82

of our patients start with
moderate to severe symptoms

71

of our patients start with
three or more conditions

47

of our patients start with
suicidal ideation

Our impact

Proven results, peer reviewed

Helping high-severity, high-risk patients get better faster is how we measure success. And we continually put ourselves to the test with peer-reviewed outcome data.

77

of people no longer had any suicidal thoughts after just 12 weeks of treatment

JMIR, 2022

75

of patients achieved remission
within 12 weeks

BMC Psychiatry, 2022

50

higher response and remission rates than a leading U.S. health system

Cureus, 2022

our CARE

Precision treatment, tailored to the individual

Brightside’s nationwide network of expert clinicians provides safe & effective treatment across the full spectrum of care—including individuals with elevated suicide risk.

Personalized Psychiatry

Our psychiatric providers use our PrecisionRx tool to quickly pinpoint a medication/dose combination that’s both highly effective and nonaddictive.

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Clinically-Proven Therapy

Our therapists utilize an evidence-based approach to customize care for each patient, and structure lesson programs built on the Unified Protocol.

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Crisis Care for Suicidality

A first-of-its-kind program for individuals with elevated suicide risk, based on the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) framework.

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our CARE model

Technology-enabled healthcare, delivered with compassion.

1:1 care via video sessions & anytime messaging

AI-driven prescribing & clinical decision support

Real-time care management with proactive progress tracking, alerts, & intervention

Suicide-specific protocols, integrated into our technology platform

INSURANCE ACCEPTED NATIONWIDE

100 million lives covered. And counting.

We offer affordable care and coverage with top insurers. And with our partnership program, we provide ways to align financially through direct contracting, sub-contracting, and value-based care arrangements.

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The Brightside platform and all supporting infrastructure has earned Certified status for information security by HITRUST.

Contact our Partnership Team to learn more about how we can work together.

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