Behavioral Health Management

Welcome to the first issue of the brand-new magazine Behavioral Healthcare. OK, I admit that Behavioral Healthcare isn't...

Agency leaders in the Department of Health and Human Services have taken exception to statements that federal programs...

The fastest way we know to transform a mental health agency into a recovery-oriented operation is to involve...

Behavioral healthcare documentation in electronic medical records (EMRs) poses both challenges as well as opportunities to integrate behavioral...

Selecting a mobile phone plan is not easy. It's hard enough to choose a plan for yourself, and...

For some human-service provider organizations, risk management is simply a by-product of the insurance-buying process. Others consider risk...

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released an important report on behavioral healthcare on November 1,2005, titled Improving the...

Some behavioral health leaders and government policymakers believe the first-phase results from the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention...

Most behavioral health agency executives who witnessed one or more fierce storms during the past two hurricane seasons...

A generational passing of historic importance has begun in the addiction treatment field. A mass exodus of long-tenured...

Here's a short quiz for the New Year. Compare the following terms: vaporware, word processors, DOS, GIGO, Internet,...

Probably no task challenges today's behavioral healthcare leaders more than selecting and implementing information systems, especially electronic health...

The National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare's 36th Annual Training Conference is April 8-11 in Orlando. Speakers include...

ClaimTrak Systems, Inc.'s ClaimTrak[R] for Windows solution is a comprehensive product that streamlines clinical management, claims processing and...

ChartShare offers a completely customizable electronic medical record (EMR) system, which allows users to have real-time access to...

Lavender & Wyatt Systems, Inc.'s (LWSI) flagship product, Essentia, is an enterprise software solution that incorporates all behavioral...

DocuTrac, Inc., has added electronic prescribing capability to both the standard and the enterprise editions of the QuicDoc[R]...

The SmokeSignals smoking-cessation program is a high-tech delivery system with a "smart" cigarette case that electronically records every...

Netsmart University is the comprehensive suite of training and education services available from Netsmart Technologies, a provider of...

The more I learn about problems with technology adoption in behavioral health, the more I'm sure it's a...