Overland Park-based New Directions Behavioral Health acquired a tech-oriented company to dramatically reduce the time between when patients are screened and when they receive care. New Directions acquired Tridiuum, a Philadelphia-based digital behavioral health company, according to a Friday release. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. New Directions and Tridiuum partnered on a program in Florida that launched in December. As of Jan. 14, the partnership screened more than 450 people, with average…

The new leader of Crittenton Children's Center has years of experience as an executive in children's health in KC and the state of Kansas.

As the Kansas City Business Journal celebrates a milestone anniversary, we plan a yearlong series of stories exploring key junctions in business history the past 40 years — turning points. Our coverage will include big events, lesser happenings, big and small players, and lots of data showing how the metro has changed since 1982.

As KCBJ celebrates its 40th anniversary, we will spend the year examining key moments — turning points — in Kansas City business history. A good story to start with, we figured, is our own. Co-founder Bill "Doc" Worley talks about how he and co-founder Mike Russell came to be owners of an upstart newspaper back in 1982.

The deal brings Armstrong Teasdale a dozen attorneys and staff in the Sunshine State.

The purchase will help a product segment that already is the Olathe-based company's third-largest.