Riverstone Health begins new 12 months with new C.E.O.
Jon Forte is the brand new president and C.E.O. of Riverstone Health.
He’s been on the job for a few week and talked about Riverstone’s position in overseeing neighborhood well being.
On Forte’s second day final week, his predecessor John Felton, Yellowstone County well being officer, helped current the Yellowstone County Community Health Assessment, a report highlighting many issues together with the considerations of psychological well being.
“How do we develop resources and create more effective ways for folks to know when they’re down on their luck, to have someone to reach out and talk to,” Forte mentioned.
Forte final labored as C.E.O. and vice-president of the Choptank Community Health System in Maryland and with the Veterans Health Administration, earlier than that, seeing firsthand the psychological well being challenges for veterans and civilians.
“It’s something that I was seeing in Maryland,” Forte mentioned. “Behavioral health and mental health crisis is nationwide, really across the globe. We see it in health care as the number one issue.”
The Continuum Of Care seems to be to assist people who find themselves homeless, with wants reminiscent of psychological well being assist.
Kari Boiter, board president, is grateful that psychological well being has been made a precedence.
“It’s always encouraging when public health partners acknowledge that health and wellness go beyond our physical needs and extend to our emotional well being and social needs,” Boiter mentioned.
She additionally mentioned psychological well being has an excellent impact on neighborhood well being.
Boiter and Forte say COVID-19 did not assist in different areas, one thing Felton talked about final week.
“Doctors nurses, public health people have always been among the most esteemed and highly trusted groups of people,” Felton mentioned. “COVID hurt that.”
Felton is optimistic that belief can come again, as is Forte.
“Riverstone has always been trusted health care provider to the city of Billings and Yellowstone County, and that will continue for sure,” Forte mentioned.
Felton will keep on as county well being officer till the tip of 2023 and assist Forte with the transition into the president and CEO place.
