The Check Up: Dr. Tom Shanley of Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Children’s hospitals and health systems across the country have experienced an influx of young people coming into their emergency departments for mental health-related emergencies. Such increases add to growing concerns that the nation is now facing an epidemic within a pandemic of children with undiagnosed, unmanaged and untreated mental health disorders. Modern Healthcare’s population health reporter, Steven Ross Johnson, spoke with Dr. Tom Shanley, president and CEO of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, about ways executives are handling these challenges, which could have long-term implications for how healthcare addresses this burgeoning crisis.