As behavioral health becomes more integrated into treatment diagnosis and planning, there will be increased focus on diagnosing and addressing anxiety, but there is a national shortage of psychologists and a rise in treatable anxiety that complicate this.

Dr. House once famously smirked at his asthma patient who sadly, albeit creatively misused her inhaler, a scene that created in my mind anyway a true snapshot of accountability gone wrong.

The link between depression and dehydration is real and it appears there are either gaps in hospital discharge communications with families and physicians, or gaps in what caregivers and families are able to provide in helping their family.

The prevalence of patients approved for physical therapy visits who ultimately need mental health services and not PT appears to be growing and it's creating broader policy questions.