Chattanooga-Based Mental Health Center Adopts Online Monitoring Program

New Products & Services New technology being added at Chattanooga-based Volunteer Behavioral Health Care Systems will allow doctors, family members and caregivers to remotely monitor people in outpatient care for mental illness or addiction all hours of the day and night. The online program, called MISTY, was created by Nashville-based physician Scotte Hudsmith to help himself keep track of his elderly father. The program, which mostly has been used at nursing homes and hospitals, allows patients to test their vital signs and send the results remotely to selected people throughout the day. It also helps patients keep track . . .