California Department Of State Hospitals Selects Netsmart To Modernize EHR

California's Department of State Hospitals (DSH) selected Netsmart's CareFabric platform to improve clinical, operational, and financial efficiency across its five inpatient state hospitals. Financial terms were not disclosed.

As part of the deployment, DSH will use Netsmart's myAvatar, a behavioral health electronic health record (EHR) system, along with Bells, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that supports clinical documentation through ambient listening, generating records in near real-time.

DSH manages California's state hospital system, which includes acute care, long-term care, skilled nursing care, and residential recovery care. It operates hospitals in Atascadero, Coalinga, Napa, Norwalk, and . . .