The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the availability of $195 million in a new funding opportunity for community health centers to expand access to mental health and substance abuse services focusing on the treatment, prevention and awareness of opioid abuse in all U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia. The awards are expected to be made in September of this year. Health centers that receive an award will use the funds to increase the number of personnel dedicated to mental health and substance abuse services and to leverage health information technology and training to support the expansion of mental health and substance abuse services and their integration into primary care.
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blueEHR Health IT Platform Awarded Public Health Management Corporation Contract
ZH Healthcare announced that Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) – a non-profit public health institute, has awarded ZH Healthcare a contract for its SaaS offering, blueEHR® - HITaaS, a next-generation Health IT platform that empowers healthcare organizations to quickly build and deploy enterprise health IT solutions. The cloud-based platform, blueEHR® - HITaaS has become the predominant solution for organizations delivering integrated care. blueEHR will enable PHMC to integrate its comprehensive set of services that include primary and behavioral health care, addiction services, health promotion, and child and family social services across inpatient, outpatient and residential care settings. The platform is built to adapt to future growth in additional clinical and operational areas.
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Sacred Oak Medical Center Selects Medsphere's OpenVista EHR
Medsphere Systems Corporation...today announced that Sacred Oak Medical Center has chosen the OpenVista® electronic health record (EHR) system for implementation. The brand new Houston-based inpatient behavioral health hospital will open later this summer with 20 beds and expand over time to an 80-bed capacity..."The benefits of EHR implementation apply to behavioral health care and addiction treatment, just as they do in acute medical care,” said RedShift Managing Partner Starsky Bomer.
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