For Luminis Health’s top executive, building a behavioral health pavilion was a matter of health equity.
The company’s new pavilion, which opened its doors in June, was born out of a dire need for behavioral health facilities in Prince George County, Maryland. Currently, there are only two inpatient mental health facilities in a county of more than 1 million people, according to Deneen Richmond, president of Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center.
“We had this commitment that we wanted to add behavioral health services so that [residents of] Prince George’s had the opportunity to get quality care close to home,” Richmond told Behavioral Health Business. “One key statistic I’ll share with you is that 53% of all inpatient admission for people who live in Prince George’s County … were occurring outside of the county.”
The new pavilion was supported by a $20 million grant from Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and the County Council.
