Colorado Nonprofit Discusses How EHRs Boost Behavioral Health

The benefits of using electronic health records in behavioral health settings are many, but there are challenges, too, say those in the field. Long before meaningful use dollars were on offer, the Mental Health Center of Denver, a private nonprofit contracting with the state of Colorado to provide community mental health services to those needing them in Denver and Denver County, recognized the inevitability of needing to implement an EHR.MHCD spent the initial money back in 2003. Over the years, the organization has maximized its EHR system by adding various components to it to get the most out of . . .