Health Insurance Providers Push for Integrating Physical and Behavioral Health AHIP, an association whose members include the nation’s largest health insurance providers, recently added its voice to the call for greater integration of physical and behavioral health with an Issue Brief titled: Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care. Integration Will ‘Reduce Stigmas and Disparities in … Read more
Is Your Behavioral Health Organization Ready for the New Era of Digital Care? Pre-pandemic, many behavioral health organizations were slow to embrace digital, or remote, care for a variety of reasons. The combination of limited in-person options and increased demand for remote services during COVID forced organizations to take the leap, but challenges remain. A … Read more
How Providers Are Adapting to the New Normal of Telehealth As telehealth evolves from a COVID-19 Pandemic workaround to a permanent fixture in both physical and behavioral health, provider organizations have shifted focus to making this care delivery method as effective as possible as a long-term solution. Telehealth use expanded dramatically during the height of … Read more
Streamline Healthcare Solutions, a leader in building innovative technology solutions for the behavioral health and human services market, successfully completed the most implementations of its SmartCare™ EHR in the company’s history in 2021. However, it was a challenge that Streamline had to do so in the remote and virtual world of COVID-19. Overcoming Challenges During … Read more
Kalamazoo, MI – [September 28, 2018] Streamline Healthcare Solutions announced a new partnership with Behavioral Health Center of Nueces County (BHCNC) in Corpus Christi, TX. The partnership will help BHCNC facilitate (through the use of an EHR) effective, efficient care delivery and coordination, and to particularly share data electronically—both directly and via a Health Information … Read more
By Sarah C. Threnhauser, MPA Executive Vice President OPEN MINDS I think one of the frustrations of managers of health and human service organizations is the gap between the “promise” of big data and predictive analytics—and the reality on the ground. We’ve written extensively about the potential of big data (check out some of our … Read more
Kalamazoo, MI – [June 18, 2018] – Gulf Bend Center in Victoria, TX recently launched the SmartCare Electronic Health Record (EHR) provided by Streamline Healthcare Solutions. With the assistance of the SmartCare solution, we are helping Gulf Bend consolidate multiple systems which enables them to continue to deliver quality client care while still meeting Texas … Read more
I have worked in healthcare service delivery for over twenty years, and during that time, I’ve worked with a lot of clients regarding their electronic health record (EHR) requirements. Many companies offered “revenue cycle management” or “outsourced billing” and personally, I’ve never thought this was a good idea for most organizations. As the behavioral health … Read more