February 20, 2012 By John Morrissey
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As former chief information officer of a Maryland hospital system, Douglas Abel remembers the relatively brief consideration of behavioral health data in fledgling attempts to build a comprehensive information sharing network in the mid-2000s. Brief, because mental health and substance abuse information were pointedly “carved out” out of the process.
February 17, 2012 News release
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DSS, Inc., has announced a new Mental Health Kiosk solution that allows behavioral health hospitals to capture clinical information and foundational psychological evaluations directly from patients during check-in.
February 16, 2012 News release
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The development partnership between Medsphere Systems and Silver Hill Hospital has produced the first built-from-the-ground-up innovation of Medsphere's OpenVista EHR specifically for behavioral health hospitals.
February 13, 2012 Nick Zubko, Associate Editor
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The Center for Integrated Health Solutions, which is funded by SAMHSA and the Health Resources Services Administration, has awarded $600,000 grants to five states to help their respective behavioral healthcare providers find new ways to securely share medical records, including through the use of the health information exchange (HIE).
February 9, 2012 News release
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Anasazi Software, Inc., has announced that Wyandot, Inc., in Kansas City, Kan., has signed contracts to implement Anasazi Software’s Complete EHR Certified System.
February 7, 2012 Dennis Grantham, Editor-in-Chief
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Qualifacts says that 7 of 10 behavioral health executives worry about up-front costs and unforeseen problems during the process of EHR adoption and implementation. Will its plan to share risks encourage more organizations to pursue EHR solutions?
February 3, 2012 News release
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Acadia Healthcare has chosen a suite of fully integrated financial-management applications from Healthcare Management Systems (HMS) to help maximize the operating efficiency of more than two dozen of its facilities nationwide.
January 19, 2012 News release
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Anasazi Software has announced that Shasta County in California has signed contracts to implement Anasazi’s Client Data, Assessment, Treatment Plan, Scheduling, Managed Care, Cost Accounting and Doctor’s HomePage Systems.
January 9, 2012 News release
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Anasazi Software, Inc. has announced that Community Elements, Inc. in Champaign, Ill., has signed contracts to implement Anasazi Software’s Complete EHR Certified System.
November 15, 2011 Dennis Grantham, Editor-in-Chief
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When H. Westley Clark, MD, JD, MPH, CAS, FASAM, director of SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, asked the question during his keynote
November 3, 2011 News release
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Defran Systems, Inc., has launched Human Services Spotlight a comprehensive industry information portal.
November 1, 2011 News release
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Great River, N.Y. — Netsmart Technologies has announced an agreement with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) for the
