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Behavioral Health EHR Adoption Shows Promise in Survey

February 24, 2015 - In today’s healthcare sector, implementing EHR systems has become a way of life. It is nearly impossible for a medical office to avoid EHR adoption, said Jennifer D’Angelo, Chair of the new HIMSS Long Term Care and Behavioral Health Task Force and Vice President of Information Services for Christian Health Care Center. “From an interoperability standpoint, and from a reimbursement standp...

NC Mental Health Providers Oppose Behavioral Health EHR Requirements

March 14, 2019 by Kate Monica

A group of mental health providers and social workers in North Carolina are requesting a delay on state requirements that promote behavioral health EHR use, according to North Carolina Health News. Specifically, the care providers oppose...

Bipartisan Policy Center Promotes EHR Use in Mental Healthcare

January 25, 2019 by Kate Monica

The Bipartisan Policy Center recently recommended policymakers encourage or require mental healthcare providers to adopt EHR systems in a January report detailing opportunities to integrate clinical and mental healthcare. The Washington,...

Allscripts Sells Stake in Behavioral Health EHR Netsmart for $525M

December 11, 2018 by Kate Monica

Allscripts has signed a definitive agreement to sell its stake in behavioral health EHR vendor Netsmart to private equity firms TA Associates and GI Partners for a total of $525 million. The sale ends a two-year relationship between...

Integrating EHR Use, Health Data Exchange Into Behavioral Health

December 06, 2018 by Kate Monica

While EHR systems and health data exchange solutions have been common tools within hospitals and physician practices for nearly a decade, many behavioral healthcare providers are just beginning to integrate EHR use into care...

Allscripts Making Progress Toward Closing Sale of Netsmart Stake

November 05, 2018 by Kate Monica

After generating significant interest from a group of financial sponsors, Allscripts has made the decision to hire financial advisors to execute a more formal sale of its joint venture stake in behavioral health EHR company...

EHR Tools May Help to Increase Behavioral Health Screening Rates

October 24, 2018 by Kate Monica

EHR tools designed to address behavioral health needs may help to boost behavioral health screening rates in community health centers, according to new research from the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (JABFM). Jetelina...

Cerner EHR Implementation to Support Behavioral Health at Spectrum

September 21, 2018 by Kate Monica

Spectrum Health & Human Services will launch a Cerner EHR implementation project through Cerner’s Community Behavioral Health deployment model to improve the mental and behavioral health of individuals throughout western New...

Bill Promoting Behavioral Health EHR Incentives Passes House

June 13, 2018 by Kate Monica

The House of Representatives recently passed 25 bills aimed at combating the opioid crisis, including one piece of legislation that establishes a demonstration program to test federal incentive payments for behavioral health EHR...

MI Health Information Exchange Joins Opioid Research Project

May 16, 2018 by Kate Monica

Michigan health information exchange (HIE) Great Lakes Health Connect (GLHC) will assist in a University of Michigan project centered on researching the scope and impact of the opioid crisis. Editor's note: A previous version of this...

Bill Allowing Behavioral Health EHR Incentives Passes Senate

May 09, 2018 by Elizabeth Snell

The bi-partisan Improving Access to Behavioral Health Information Technology Act (S.1732) was passed by the Senate earlier today, allowing CMS to offer incentives to providers that implement behavioral health EHRs. Introduced by Senator...

Collaboration Can Aid EHR Use, Adoption in Behavioral Health Space

April 27, 2018 by Elizabeth Snell

Perceived ease of EHR use and perceived usefulness of the technology itself are driving factors toward EHR adoption with physicians in behavioral health, according to a recent study. However, there is still resistance to EHR adoption...

NC Hospital to Swap Cerner System for Epic EHR Replacement

April 26, 2018 by Kate Monica

Cape Fear Valley Health in North Carolina recently announced a decision to launch an Epic EHR replacement project to swap out its Cerner EHR system. The new Epic system will provide a single, unified EHR platform for all hospitals and...

Medsphere EHR Moves to Amazon to Cut EHR Implementation Costs

March 08, 2018 by Kate Monica

Medsphere has moved its CareVue EHR system offering to Amazon Web Services (AWS) to ease the financial strain of EHR implementation for community hospitals by eliminating the need for local data centers. By making its EHR system more...

Health Data Exchange, Interoperability Major HIMSS18 Focal Points

February 27, 2018 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

With 40,000 attendees set to descend on Las Vegas, the 2018 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition will bring together the nation’s leading healthcare and health IT minds to tackle the nation’s top challenges, two of which are...

Patient EHR Data Contained in CT HIE to Aid in Suicide Prevention

February 20, 2018 by Kate Monica

Connecticut’s state health information exchange (HIE) — CTHealthLink — will assist in an effort to leverage patient EHR data for improved suicide prevention, according to ShoreLine Times. The HIE will provide centralized...

OR Behavioral Health Center Adopts Carequality Using Netsmart EHR

February 08, 2018 by Kate Monica

LifeWorks Northwest (LifeWorks NW) in Oregon will adopt the Carequality interoperability framework through its Netsmart EHR network in an effort to improve health data exchange between other acute and community care providers. The...

ONC Chief Keen on Moving Health IT Innovation Beyond the EHR

December 07, 2017 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Healthcare interoperability and health IT usability were front and center at the 2017 ONC Annual Meeting in the nation’s capital and indicative on a change that took hold within the federal agency in recent years following its...

The Importance of Efficient EHR Use in Behavioral Healthcare

October 24, 2017 by Kate Monica

While healthcare industry stakeholders agree on the benefits of EHR use and health data exchange among hospitals and primary care facilities, EHR use in behavioral health settings is still uncommon and lagging behind. One...

Behavioral Health System Invests Millions in Epic Implementation

October 16, 2017 by Kate Monica

Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services recently approved a multi-million dollar investment in an Epic implementation at all of its facilities. The organization did not disclose the official amount of the deal. The Pine Rest Board of...

NQF Promotes Use of Quality Measures to Improve Health Equity

September 28, 2017 by Kate Monica

The National Quality Forum (NQF) released a roadmap outlining ways to use care quality measures to improve health equity nationwide. “The health equity roadmap gives the nation a blueprint to eliminate healthcare disparities,”...

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