EHR

Is your Electronic Health Record CCBHC-Ready?

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CCBHCs can benefit from the features and functionalities offered by a comprehensive EHR platform The impressive growth in Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) highlights the need for behavioral health and human services EHRs that can effectively integrate a variety of providers and services, capture and report on key metrics, and enable providing services remotely. … Read more

Streamline’s Client Community Conference 2021

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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 27-29, 2021. The theme of … Read more

Streamline Launches Telehealth Services Through Its Integrated Web-based Platform SmartCare EHR

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Oakbrook Terrace, IL – [July 21, 2020] — Streamline Healthcare Solutions is proud to announce they have launched a new Telehealth Services feature within their all-inclusive EHR, SmartCare. Clients will have the ability to deliver care safely and effectively using SmartCare’s Telehealth Services application.

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Getting Started With Telehealth

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Innovation in healthcare technology, from EHR software to videoconferencing software to patient monitoring devices, has contributed to significant growth in telehealth. More recently, both physical and behavioral health providers have offered telehealth to their clients to reduce in-person and prevent viral spread during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Because of this, the U.S. federal government has encouraged more providers to adopt and use telehealth appropriately. 

However, many behavioral health providers had not yet implemented a telehealth program when the COVID-19 emergency began. Behavioral health organizations may be concerned about the financial or time costs of adding telehealth solutions and training staff. Providers may be concerned about whether telehealth solutions can adequately protect client privacy and data. Fortunately, there are many methods and resources for addressing these concerns.

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MHMR Services for the Concho Valley Chooses Streamline’s SmartCare EHR for Its Flexibility and Adaptability to Meet Their Healthcare Challenges of Today and of The Future

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Oakbrook Terrace, IL – [July 8, 2020] Streamline Healthcare Solutions (Streamline) and MHMR Services for the Concho Valley (MHMRCV), a Texas Community Center located in San Angelo, Texas, have formalized a partnership to supply the agency’s next Electronic Health Record (EHR) platform. MHMRCV provides Mental Health, IDD, Autism and is expanding to provide Substance Use services. MHMRCV chose SmartCare as their EHR solution because it had the functionality they required to meet their needs today and in the future, including, but not limited to, outpatient, residential, prescribing and a mobile solution were key factors in their selecting SmartCare.

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EPIC Behavioral Healthcare Chooses SmartCare EHR for its Functionality and Alignment with Florida State Reporting

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Oakbrook Terrace, IL – [June 16, 2020] EPIC Behavioral Healthcare, a not-for-profit community behavioral healthcare provider, and Streamline Healthcare Solutions (Streamline) have partnered to move the healthcare agency from its current legacy system to one integrated electronic health record platform.  EPIC Behavioral Healthcare has been serving their community since 1973, providing an array of social … Read more

5 Free Webinars To Help Meet Your Organization’s Needs Now and Into the Future

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As the news surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic changes daily, it is important for us to continue to work together to remain safe and healthy. Streamline is following the social distancing protocols recommended by our local health officials and government to reduce the spread of the virus. We have stopped all travel, and our employees are working from home, if they can. We are also remaining fully operational so that our client partners can continue on the path of treatment for those they serve who are most in need. 

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SmartCare EHR Chosen by Archways for Flexibility, Proficiency at Managing Florida State Reporting

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Oakbrook Terrace, IL – [February 17, 2020] Archways, a not-for-profit community behavioral healthcare provider, and Streamline Healthcare Solutions (Streamline) have partnered to move the South Florida healthcare agency from its current legacy system to one integrated electronic health record platform. 

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State Reporting for Behavioral Health: Deciphering the Alphabet Soup

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If your behavioral health agency is using an electronic health record (EHR) system to measure outcomes and report data, you know that there are numerous reporting techniques.

Payers like Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers use these reporting techniques to measure client outcomes. This allows the payer either to provide bonus payments under incentive programs, or withhold payments for undesirable outcomes. In this way, healthcare systems are migrating from fee-for-service (FFS) to value-based payment (VBP) models.

Different reimbursement programs require different types of reporting. Unfortunately, the “alphabet soup” of acronyms for different reporting methods can be confusing and overwhelming. Let’s decipher some of these reporting types.

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