October National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month: Helping to Close the Treatment Gap | Streamline Healthcare Solutions

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October is National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month, and this year it comes at a time when the gap between the number of people living with depression and other behavioral and mental health issues and those receiving treatment is widening. Mental Health Issues Rise Post-Pandemic, But Treatment Lags Since the start of the COVID-19 … Read more

Bert Nash Center Chooses Streamline’s SmartCare™ EHR Platform

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Bert Nash Center Chooses Streamline’s SmartCare™ EHR Platform Oak Brook, IL – Streamline Healthcare Solutions (Streamline) is excited to announce its new partnership with another Kansas Community Mental Health Center. After a thorough evaluation process, the Bert Nash Center (BNC), located in Lawrence, KS, selected Streamline’s SmartCare™ for their Electronic Health Record (EHR). BNC required … Read more

Strategizing the Workforce Shortage in Behavioral Health and Human Services | Streamline Healthcare Solutions

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Strategies to Address the Workforce Shortage in Behavioral Health and Human Services In response to the growing need for behavioral and mental health services, federal and state governments are increasing funding, including significant increases for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs). Yet providers continue to struggle with staffing shortages. Turnover rates at behavioral health facilities … Read more

CalAIM: What Providers Need to Know About California’s Innovative Approach to Balancing Documentation and Access to Care

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The California Advancing and​ Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) initiative is ‘AIMing’ to, among other things, make it easier for Californians to access Behavioral Health and Human Services, better coordinate those services with physical healthcare, and rationalize the delivery and reimbursement of services. A number of CalAIM initiatives will have significant impact on the state’s Behavioral Health … Read more

Best Practices on Meeting CCBHC Quality Measure Requirements | Streamline Healthcare

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Best Practices for Meeting CCBHC Clinical Quality Measure Requirements The momentum for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) got another boost this year when Congress passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Five years into the launch of the first CCBHCs, organizations are becoming more adept at navigating the CCBHC requirements, but challenges remain, including meeting … Read more

Volunteers of America of Florida Goes Live with Streamline’s SmartCare EHR Platform

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Volunteers of America of Florida Goes Live with Streamline’s SmartCare™ EHR Platform Volunteers of America of Florida (VOAF) and Streamline Healthcare Solutions are excited to share that they officially are live with Streamline’s enterprise, cloud-based, single-platform electronic health record (EHR), SmartCare™. Streamline’s SmartCare™ EHR will provide VOAF with a more comprehensive, seamless approach to operations, … Read more

Surviving and Thriving in the Current Behavioral Health Environment

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Providers Share Their Insights, from Staffing Shortages to Increased Funding for Mental Health Services Behavioral Health and Human Services providers are emerging from the worst of the COVID pandemic crisis into a period of daunting challenges but also significant opportunities. Three veteran behavioral health leaders recently shared insights into how their organizations are responding during … Read more

Streamline Community Conference 2022

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Loews Chicago O’Hare 5300 N. River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018 Streamline Healthcare Solutions hosts an annual client conference, SC2, and the planning is underway for another successful event. Here are some details to get you excited and prepare you for what’s to come.  We’re back at Loews Hotel O’Hare, September 12-14, 2022. The theme of … Read more

Forged in Fire: How Lessons Learned in the Pandemic are Impacting Behavioral Health Providers

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The COVID-19 Pandemic hit Behavioral Health and Human Services organizations with a perfect storm of sharply rising need for their services combined with constraints on providing those services due to the labor shortage and other factors. Responding to these challenges was a baptism of fire; last year Streamline and OPEN MINDS sponsored a webinar where … Read more

The State of Whole Person Care 2022: Great Promise, Significant Challenges Part 2

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The State of Whole Person Care 2022: Great Promise, Significant Challenges Part 2 A growing body of evidence is confirming the value of Whole Person Care (WPC), and everyone from the federal government to states to the nation’s largest insurers is backing the concept. As more organizations attempt to implement it, however, the challenges are … Read more