OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Case Study The behavioral health and social service field is seeing a growth in provider organizations collaborating in the purchase of electronic health record (EHR) systems. Why? The answer is simple ? EHRs are expensive and collaboration decreases the cost of both acquiring software and on-going operation of the systems. However, making an EHR collaboration work is easy on paper and difficult in practice. Many provider collaborations fail, so it is important to draw upon the ?success stories? in . . .