Even before COVID-19, the U.S. mental health system was overburdened and underfunded. But the pandemic also presents all of us with an opportunity to reimagine healthcare. In a recent webinar, “Improving Employee Well-being and Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19,” Accolade chief medical officer Shantanu Nundy, MD, and Benjamin F. Miller, PsyD, Chief Strategy Officer of Well Being Trust, discussed how employers can accelerate the change toward better mental healthcare in the U.S.
In this executive summary of the webinar, we present 5 steps employers can take to drive change in behavioral healthcare and help employees live their healthiest lives.