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Mental Health Emergency Center Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
Milwaukee Health Care Partnership
The Mental Health Emergency Center (MHEC), Milwaukee’s state-of-the-art psychiatric emergency department, celebrates one year of operation as of September 2023. Established through a unique joint venture between Milwaukee County and the area’s four health systems – Aurora Health Care, Ascension Wisconsin, Children’s Wisconsin, and Froedtert Health – MHEC offers 24/7/365 emergency mental health assessment, stabilization, treatment, and transition care management for children, adolescents, and adults experiencing a mental health emergency. The goal is for patients to receive timely emergency treatment and to facilitate their transfer to the next appropriate level of mental health service for continuing care…