In August 2023, Covenant Children’s, which is part of Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health System, opened a pediatric relational health center to provide outpatient, intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs for children and adolescents with behavioral or mental issues. This center is unique in West Texas, as patients would normally need to travel five or more hours to receive similar services. The center is located within a newly renovated space in the hospital, equipped with connected observation spaces, telemedicine bays, a parent-child interaction therapy space, and a teleconference room. The unit was created in partnership with Texas Tech Health Sciences Center’s department of pediatric psychiatry.
