In this episode, Todd Haedrich, CEO of LIO, discusses the hidden economic and operational costs of patient safety in behavioral health. Introducing the PLGL (Patient Liability and Grievous Loss) framework, he explores the real financial run-rate of sitter labor, sentinel events, and staff turnover—and how continuous monitoring technology can reduce reactive spend, de-risk operations, and allow staff to focus on therapeutic care.

This episode is sponsored by LIO Health.

In this episode, Alex Vance, Chief Clinical Data Officer, Holmusk, discusses Holmusk’s health system partnership model, the role of its NeuroBlu database in transforming complex behavioral health data into research and insights, and how secure data collaboration can help connect care, evidence, and better decision-making.

This episode is sponsored by Holmusk.

In this episode, John Walkup, MD, President of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Chair of the Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, joins the podcast to discuss expanding access to child psychiatric care within the current workforce and the growing role of collaborative care. He also shares insights on the benefits and concerns surrounding shorter training pathways and how new approaches to care delivery could help address the need for pediatric behavioral health services.