Configuring Your EHR To Optimize Quality Data: Building the Foundation for Better Insights

Configuring Your EHR To Optimize Quality Data: Building the Foundation for Better Insights

For behavioral health and human services organizations, the EHR is more than a documentation system. It can be a powerful source of timely, actionable data. But realizing that potential requires thoughtful configuration, structured data capture, workflow alignment, and a clear understanding of how the information will be used.

Join Mary Schantz, Executive Vice President of Administrative Operations at The Village Network, and Christy Winter, Chief Product Officer at Cantata Health Solutions, for a practical discussion of how provider organizations can optimize their EHR to strengthen data quality, improve reporting, and support better operational and clinical decision-making.

Drawing on real-world initiatives at The Village Network, the session will explore strategies for establishing effective EHR governance, designing workflows around reporting needs, integrating external data sources, and reducing manual processes.

The presenters will also examine common barriers and lessons learned when implementing an EHR, along with the growing role of artificial intelligence in behavioral health technology and why AI readiness begins with data readiness.

Attendees will leave with practical considerations they can apply to new EHR implementations, optimization initiatives, and future AI integrations.

At the conclusion of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

• Apply practical strategies for aligning EHR configuration with clinical and operational workflows while reducing manual processes and documentation burden.
• Identify the key planning, governance, workflow, and change-management considerations that contribute to successful EHR optimization.
• Explain how structured data capture and reporting-focused EHR configuration can improve data integrity and support more timely quality measurement.

Featured Speakers

Mary Schantz

Executive Vice President of Administrative Operations, The Village Network

Mary Schantz serves as the Executive Vice President of Administrative Operations at The Village Network, where she has led the organization’s technology initiatives for the past decade. Her leadership has been instrumental in expanding technological capabilities to support the organization’s growth and evolving service lines. In partnership with Cantata Health Solutions, Mary has led the implementation of two electronic health record systems. These efforts focused on reducing documentation demands for clinicians, providing real-time access to critical information, strengthening care coordination, increasing operational efficiency, and enabling data-driven decision-making.

Christy Winter, LMSW

Chief Product Officer, Cantata Health Solutions

Christy Winter brings over a decade of experience in behavioral health and social services, combined with more than 12 years in product management. She started her career in a variety of clinical and leadership roles with behavioral health providers, including 10 years at Families First in Atlanta, where she led the Continuous Quality Improvement and Practice-Based Research department. Since 2013, Winter has directed product strategy at both established EHR providers and an AI-driven documentation company, focusing on innovative solutions to support clinical and operational needs. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Emory University and a master’s in social work from Georgia State University. She is a licensed Master Level Social Worker (LMSW). 

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Cantata Health Solutions partners with behavioral health organizations nationwide to deliver flexible, modern EHR technology built to adapt to change—not limit it. Cantata’s Arize EHR is designed to help providers break free from the frustrations of their outdated systems so they can focus on spending time with the individuals they serve.