A damning report of the state’s only psychiatric hospital details how patient treatment plans have not met federal regulatory requirements and that there has been a “toxic work environment” for the hospital’s employees.
into the state’s only psychiatric hospital, detailing how patient treatment plans have not met federal regulatory requirements and that there has been a “toxic work environment” for the hospital’s employees.
“They have asserted that things are much better. I’m not sure the evidence supported that,” she said. “But, that’s what they asserted.” She said those complaints come in on a rolling basis as part of mandatory reporting requirements and that the more-than-tenfold increase in complaints is an “indicator of concern.”
The report said there were “cookie-cutter” treatment plans used for a majority of patients and many were not having adequate treatment time with qualified physicians. The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services and the ombudsman’s office worked together while the yearlong investigation took place. Lasley says the agency accepted Burkhart’s findings into deficiencies with the hospital’s treatment plans last year and it has strived to make changes.
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