Hospitals, NH DHHS resolve lawsuit over ‘ER boarding’ of psychiatric patients

In a resolution released Wednesday, hospitals and the state of New Hampshire announced an agreement to resolve litigation around the practice of holding psychiatric patients in hospital emergency rooms, known as “ER boarding.” A federal judge, in an , gave New Hampshire one year to stop the practice. The hospitals, the state Department of Health and Human Services, and the New Hampshire Hospital Association issued a joint statement July 12 about meeting that one-year deadline. New Hampshire Hospital Association President Steve Ahnen called the decision an important step to ensure...