behavioral health

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

Scranton Counseling Center, in Pennsylvania, selects Streamline as their Electronic Health Record Partner

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Oakbrook Terrace, IL – Following a comprehensive evaluation, Scranton Counseling Center (SCC) headquartered in Scranton, Pennsylvania, which provides behavioral health-focused services to their local community, has selected Streamline as its electronic health record (EHR) vendor. SCC was looking for a system that focused on behavioral health allowing their end-users to streamline workflows, train, and succinctly … Read more

The Evolution of EHRs

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Can EHRs Evolve from Work Horses to Thoroughbreds? Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems are the workhorses of Behavioral Health and Human Services provider organizations, yet they are often viewed by users as necessary evils. The best of the new EHRs, however, have the potential to help providers transform their organizations and the care they provide. … Read more

CCBHCs in 2022: Growth and Growing Pains

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Opportunities and Challenges for CCBHCs CCBHC Grant Funding Increase Announcement In March 2022, the US government announced a significant increase in grant funding for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs), organizations designed to provide a comprehensive range of mental health and substance use disorder services to vulnerable individuals.  The CCBHC demonstration program launched in 2017 … Read more

Integrating Behavioral & Physical Care | Streamline Healthcare

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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

Hybrid of Care in Healthcare and Telehealth

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Hybrid of Care in Healthcare and Telehealth What does “hybrid of care” mean? The term hybrid has come up often this past decade as the automobile industry shifted gears to focus on alternative ways to manufacture and power their cars. Caused by fossil fuel concerns and green energy legislation, Hybrid cars result from an industry … Read more

The Promise and Challenge of Telehealth in Behavioral Health and Human Services

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The Promise and Challenge of Telehealth in Behavioral Health and Human Services Telehealth, remote health, virtual care—however it is described, providing behavioral health and human services in both electronic and traditional ways is one of the biggest changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID and the rise of Telehealth During the COVID-19 pandemic, the … Read more

Healthcare Ecosystems Are the Future of Whole-Person Care

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Healthcare Ecosystems Are the Future of Whole-Person Care “The healthcare ecosystems of the future, like other ecosystems, will be centered on the consumer, in this case the patient.” That’s one of the conclusions reached in a recent white paper by McKinsey &Co, and it encapsulates a major emphasis in Behavioral Health and Human Services: whole … Read more

EHR Software Determines Data-Driven Success in Behavioral Health and Human Services

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EHR Software Determines Data-Driven Success in Behavioral Health and Human Services For the health care industry in general, and Behavioral Health and Human Services in particular, the term “data-driven” is more than a trendy buzzword. It’s a business necessity to survive going forward, and making full use of data depends upon the EHR system. Behavioral … Read more

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