Wisconsin hospital to end inpatient psychiatric care 

Aurora Medical Center-Sheboygan County in Wisconsin plans to stop offering inpatient psychiatric care and convert those beds to medical and surgical beds beginning Sept. 19, according to Wisconsin Public Radio.

In a statement shared with the news outlet, Aurora Health Care attributed the decision to increased demand for medical and surgical inpatient beds and a decline in psychiatric patient volume. 

The 119-bed Sheboygan hospital will continue offering intensive outpatient programs, outpatient behavioral health services and virtual options, the statement said, according to Wisconsin Public Radio.

“These services and programs allow individuals to receive care without an overnight stay,” the statement reads, according to the news outlet. “Our plan to create additional medical surgical beds reflects our ongoing commitment to aligning resources with community needs and ensuring access to the right care, in the right setting, at the right time.”

According to Aurora Health Care, acute inpatient psychiatric care at the Sheboygan hospital will transition to the Aurora Psychiatric Hospital in Wauwatosa, Wis.

Aurora Medical Center-Sheboygan County is part of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health,  the nation’s third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system. Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care, in addition to Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care and Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, is part of Advocate Health.

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