Newsletter Articles | February 1, 2001
Strategic Issues in Technology Planning: What Are the Environmental Trends Shaping the Use of Technology in the Behavioral Health and Social Service Fields?
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst
Industry Analysis
We can expect a significant focus in the behavioral health and social service fields on the appropriate and cost-effective deployment of new technology over the next few years. This is not the focus on "automating" existing services and processes of years past. Rather, the technology focus ahead of us is likely to be one of strategy - of behavioral health and social service organizations choosing from the wide array of available new technologies in order to accomplish their mission . . .