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Improving Staff and Patient Satisfaction with Compliance Technology
In Healthcare, behavioral health experiences significant challenges, including physical and psychological components of patient well-being. Successfully addressing these challenges involves integrating data-driven technology into quality of care. This article delves into the correlation between...
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Unlocking Success: 6 Ways Technology Enhances Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Access to Addiction Recovery Care
In today's competitive market, for-profit addiction recovery organizations can employ sophisticated IT solutions to engage clients more effectively while streamlining operations and reducing costs. The right technology can radically transform an individual’s path to recovery and ensure long-term...
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Empowering Recovery: How Technology Supports Those with Substance Use Disorders
The journey of overcoming substance use disorders (SUD) is multifaceted and often daunting. However, recent technological advancements have proven to be formidable allies in this quest, offering hope and innovative solutions. From the vast capabilities of data analytics to the immediacy of...
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Exploring the Use of Virtual Reality in Alleviating Loneliness Among Older Adults
Social isolation is a reality for many older adults, and in response, technology is proving a viable avenue worth serious exploration. Virtual reality (VR) may be a solution, as it can transport us to distant lands, expose individuals to novel experiences, and connect to others within a virtual...
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Virtual Care and Mobile Response: A Must for Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers
There are many factors contributing to the need for mobile technology applications among Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers (CCBHCs) and other behavioral health providers. First, and perhaps most important, is the vital role that Mobile Crisis Response Teams play in communities. This is...
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At Behavioral Health Clinics, Supervisors are the New Technology Advocates
Community behavioral health clinics are a lifeline for the communities they serve and often provide mental health and substance abuse services at affordable rates to populations that might not otherwise have access. Many well-established clinics have been operating for decades, delivering treatment...
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How Technology of the Future is Solving Treatment Centers’ Challenges of the Past
Mental health and addiction service providers encounter struggles every day, whether it’s a challenge facing a patient or confronting the stigma surrounding the value of addiction rehabilitation. There are institutional obstacles including rising costs with stagnated administrational support....
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Hudson Valley Care on Managing Change and the Intersection of Health Homes and Technology
Hudson Valley Care is on a mission: to provide the highest quality support to individuals living with multiple chronic illnesses and/or serious behavioral health conditions. Operating as a New York State Health Home, they are a coalition of hospitals, federally qualified health centers, and...
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AsOne LEADS: Lessons Learned in Building a Behavioral Health and Family-Centered Healthcare IT and Data Solution
AsOne Healthcare IPA launched the LEADS platform in February of this year, a first-of-its-kind IT and data solution to facilitate population health management and improve patient outcomes. LEADS was a collaborative effort: conceived by AsOne, developed by Netsmart Technologies, Inc. (Netsmart), and...
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Telehealth Is Critical for Our Behavioral Health During the Pandemic
This article is part of a quarterly series giving voice to the perspectives of individuals with lived experiences as they share their opinions on a particular topic. The authors are served by Services for the UnderServed (S:US), a New York City-based nonprofit that is committed to giving every New...
