Mental health and substance use were identified as the top two priorities in Westfields Hospital & Clinic’s most recent Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) with St. Croix and Pierce counties and three other hospitals. 

As a critical access hospital, Westfields Hospital & Clinic is an essential resource for its rural community’s behavioral health needs. 
In 2021, Westfields developed a plan to: 
Expand access to its Programs for Change for alcohol and substance abuse treatment and add a new suboxone support model to address opioid dependence, the first and only one of its kind in the region
Expand access to psychiatric medical staff 
Grow its Growing Through Grief school program 
Westfields Hospital & Clinic is achieving this with further investment to grow existing programs and FTEs, as well as construction to create a new, purpose-designed space for optimal behavioral health patient care. 
Additionally, Westfields Hospital & Clinic continues to be a founding partner in the eight-hospital St. Croix Valley / Western Wisconsin collaboration, supporting a pioneering Emergency Department Behavioral Health Televideo Program to assess and refer patients arriving at the emergency department experiencing mental health crisis. 
Just a few patient comments about this program include: 
“Everyone was amazing and made my family feel our problem was important and we were in the right spot for help. I am so grateful.”
“They treated us with so much respect.”
“They were the most welcoming, caring group I could ever imagine.”