How To Optimize Technology: An OPEN MINDS Seminar On Getting The Most Value From Your Technology Investments
This presentation took place on August 23, 2021 at The 2021 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute. In this session, Sharon Hicks, Senior Associate and Kim Bond, Executive Vice President at OPEN MINDS, discussed what needs to be addressed to ensure your organization is on the path to maximizing your tech investment, including: How to…
Technology Strategy For Sustainability—EHRs Are Just The Start
This closing keynote presentation took place October 27, 2021 during The 2021 OPEN MINDS Technology & Analytics Institute. OPEN MINDS Chief Executive Officer Monica E. Oss gave an up-to-the-minute look at the critical changes in the landscape for serving complex consumers – and what they mean for organizational sustainability post-pandemic. This session covered: The context for selecting technology in…
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Making Tech Work
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer Tech investment in health care is big. Eighty percent of health care provider organization executive teams are looking to make additional investments in technology in the next five years (see Future Of Healthcare Report: Exploring Healthcare Stakeholders’ Expectations For The Next Chapter). As a result, the health care tech…
Tech For Success: How To Assess Current Tech Functionality Readiness For Future Growth
By Joe Naughton-Travers, Ed.M. With my work at OPEN MINDS, I’m often asked by my specialty health care provider organization clients which type of technology is the most important. My answer is always the same: it’s not about the individual technology itself, it’s about how all of the technology platforms come together and “play nice” to…
The Four Pillars of Strategic Technology Success
By Monica Oss Many organizations are focused on technology—specifically, which technologies they need, how to best select and implement them, and ultimately, how to ensure that technology investments “pay off” for the organization. My take is that most executive teams know they need to incorporate some of the many emerging technologies into their organization’s operations.…
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Qualifacts + Credible Named 2022 Best In Klas: Software & Services
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (February 20, 2022) — Qualifacts + Credible, a leading provider of electronic health record (EHR) platforms for behavioral health and human services organizations, today announced the Credible platform has ranked No. 1 in the 2022 Best in KLAS: Software and Services report. Additionally, Qualifacts + Credible’s CareLogic EHR platform is ranked No. 2 in the 2022 Best in KLAS: Software…
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How To Optimize Technology: An OPEN MINDS Seminar On Getting The Most Value From Your Technology Investments
This presentation took place on August 23, 2021 at The 2021 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute. In this session, Sharon Hicks, Senior Associate and Kim Bond, Executive Vice President at OPEN MINDS, discussed what needs to be addressed to ensure your organization is on the path to maximizing your tech investment, including: How to…
Technology Strategy For Sustainability—EHRs Are Just The Start
This closing keynote presentation took place October 27, 2021 during The 2021 OPEN MINDS Technology & Analytics Institute. OPEN MINDS Chief Executive Officer Monica E. Oss gave an up-to-the-minute look at the critical changes in the landscape for serving complex consumers – and what they mean for organizational sustainability post-pandemic. This session covered: The context for selecting technology in…
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Making Tech Work
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer Tech investment in health care is big. Eighty percent of health care provider organization executive teams are looking to make additional investments in technology in the next five years (see Future Of Healthcare Report: Exploring Healthcare Stakeholders’ Expectations For The Next Chapter). As a result, the health care tech…
Tech For Success: How To Assess Current Tech Functionality Readiness For Future Growth
By Joe Naughton-Travers, Ed.M. With my work at OPEN MINDS, I’m often asked by my specialty health care provider organization clients which type of technology is the most important. My answer is always the same: it’s not about the individual technology itself, it’s about how all of the technology platforms come together and “play nice” to…
The Four Pillars of Strategic Technology Success
By Monica Oss Many organizations are focused on technology—specifically, which technologies they need, how to best select and implement them, and ultimately, how to ensure that technology investments “pay off” for the organization. My take is that most executive teams know they need to incorporate some of the many emerging technologies into their organization’s operations.…
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Qualifacts + Credible Named 2022 Best In Klas: Software & Services
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (February 20, 2022) — Qualifacts + Credible, a leading provider of electronic health record (EHR) platforms for behavioral health and human services organizations, today announced the Credible platform has ranked No. 1 in the 2022 Best in KLAS: Software and Services report. Additionally, Qualifacts + Credible’s CareLogic EHR platform is ranked No. 2 in the 2022 Best in KLAS: Software…
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40% & Counting
By Monica E Oss, Chief Executive Officer The proportion of U.S. health care reimbursement dollars paid in advanced value-based reimbursement (VBR) models—contracts with shared savings, downside financial risk, and/or population-based payments—just passed 40%. The slow adoption of VBR with financial gain sharing and downside risk sharing—along with the unique challenges to specialty provider organizations in…
VBR Marches On – A Trend Driving 2022 Strategy
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer We started the year with the release of new reports on the continued movement away from fee-for-service reimbursement to alternate, value-based reimbursement (VBR) models. Over half of health systems are planning to move to “payvider” market positioning in 2022 (see Nearly 60% Of Health Systems Aim To Become ‘Payviders’…
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Who Should Do What? Scope of Practice; Treatment Tech Shift Clinical Best Practices
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer There has been a long debate about the scope of health care practices. What type of licensed clinical professionals can perform particular functions? Should psychologists and/or pharmacists prescribe psychotropic medications? What supervision do nurse practitioners and physician assistants need? (Should ‘physician assistants’ be renamed ‘physician associates’?) Psychologists can…
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The Opportunities & Challenges Of VBR – Making It Work On The Ground
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer Despite significant movement, behavioral health is trailing the rest of health care domains in value-based reimbursement contracting. Forty-five percent of specialty provider organizations have some value-based reimbursement (VBR)—compared to 72% of primary care organizations (for more, see, The OPEN MINDS 2022 Survey On Value-Based Reimbursement In Specialty And Primary Care). And…
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How To Optimize Technology: An OPEN MINDS Seminar On Getting The Most Value From Your Technology Investments
This presentation took place on August 23, 2021 at The 2021 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute. In this session, Sharon Hicks, Senior Associate and Kim Bond, Executive Vice President at OPEN MINDS, discussed what needs to be addressed to ensure your organization is on the path to maximizing your tech investment, including: How to…
Technology Strategy For Sustainability—EHRs Are Just The Start
This closing keynote presentation took place October 27, 2021 during The 2021 OPEN MINDS Technology & Analytics Institute. OPEN MINDS Chief Executive Officer Monica E. Oss gave an up-to-the-minute look at the critical changes in the landscape for serving complex consumers – and what they mean for organizational sustainability post-pandemic. This session covered: The context for selecting technology in…
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How To Optimize Technology: An OPEN MINDS Seminar On Getting The Most Value From Your Technology Investments
This presentation took place on August 23, 2021 at The 2021 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute. In this session, Sharon Hicks, Senior Associate and Kim Bond, Executive Vice President at OPEN MINDS, discussed what needs to be addressed to ensure your organization is on the path to maximizing your tech investment, including: How to…
Technology Strategy For Sustainability—EHRs Are Just The Start
This closing keynote presentation took place October 27, 2021 during The 2021 OPEN MINDS Technology & Analytics Institute. OPEN MINDS Chief Executive Officer Monica E. Oss gave an up-to-the-minute look at the critical changes in the landscape for serving complex consumers – and what they mean for organizational sustainability post-pandemic. This session covered: The context for selecting technology in…
Continue Reading Technology Strategy For Sustainability—EHRs Are Just The Start
Making Tech Work
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer Tech investment in health care is big. Eighty percent of health care provider organization executive teams are looking to make additional investments in technology in the next five years (see Future Of Healthcare Report: Exploring Healthcare Stakeholders’ Expectations For The Next Chapter). As a result, the health care tech…
Tech For Success: How To Assess Current Tech Functionality Readiness For Future Growth
By Joe Naughton-Travers, Ed.M. With my work at OPEN MINDS, I’m often asked by my specialty health care provider organization clients which type of technology is the most important. My answer is always the same: it’s not about the individual technology itself, it’s about how all of the technology platforms come together and “play nice” to…
The Four Pillars of Strategic Technology Success
By Monica Oss Many organizations are focused on technology—specifically, which technologies they need, how to best select and implement them, and ultimately, how to ensure that technology investments “pay off” for the organization. My take is that most executive teams know they need to incorporate some of the many emerging technologies into their organization’s operations.…
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Qualifacts + Credible Named 2022 Best In Klas: Software & Services
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (February 20, 2022) — Qualifacts + Credible, a leading provider of electronic health record (EHR) platforms for behavioral health and human services organizations, today announced the Credible platform has ranked No. 1 in the 2022 Best in KLAS: Software and Services report. Additionally, Qualifacts + Credible’s CareLogic EHR platform is ranked No. 2 in the 2022 Best in KLAS: Software…
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Think Of Your EHR & Vendor As A Technical Consultant Rather Than Software
It’s common knowledge that it’s less expensive for organizations to retain employees than to hire new ones. According to recent data, it costs as much as 33% of a worker’s annual salary to replace them. When applied to a median employee salary of $45,000, the average cost of turnover comes out to about $15,000 (see…
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Providers Growingly Concerned About EHR Functionalities & The Technologies Needs For Future Service Delivery & Reimbursement: Top EHR Trends From The 2021 <em>OPEN MINDS</em> National Behavioral Health EHR Survey
Originally presented on October 19, 2021. We’re bombarded with stories about electronic health records (EHR) evolving to become more flexible and use more services like blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and artificial intelligence, but what do your peers report firsthand? We recently concluded the sixth annual OPEN MINDS National Behavioral Health EHR Survey and found that 53% of provider organizations…
Top 6 Best Practices For Staying Human While Keeping Your Distance
One of the major developments of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the phenomenal growth of telehealth use, especially in behavioral health care. Telehealth became ubiquitous during the pandemic, and it is predicted that a large percentage of health care will continue via telehealth even after the public health emergency eases. A recent survey by Qualifacts and…
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Going Hybrid? Charge Your EVV
By Monica E. Oss If your organization is one of many that is thinking about moving to a hybrid service delivery model—virtual, in-clinic and in-home—your team will need to learn more about electronic visit verification (EVV). EVV was mandated for all home-based services by the 21st Century Cures Act, passed in 2016. The act required all…
Don’t Leave Money On The Table: How The Right Technology Can Improve Your VBR Success
Originally presented on May 26th, 2021 Value-based care is here! If you haven’t started thinking about what it is you need to compete in a value-based environment, now is the time to start. With the rise in value-based care contracts and utilization of alternative payment models, provider organizations are challenged with doing the research and…
6 Steps To Improving CCBHC Outcomes The Berks Counseling Center Case Study
On May 25, 2022, Qualifacts’ CCBHC Program Manager Mary Givens and John Heim, Technology Specialist, EHR Systems for Berks Counseling Center discussed a 6-step process for improving performance on behavioral health led CCBHC outcomes. They provided insight into the greatest challenges of high performance on the CCBHC behavioral health led measures along with the successes…
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How To Optimize Technology: An OPEN MINDS Seminar On Getting The Most Value From Your Technology Investments
This presentation took place on August 23, 2021 at The 2021 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute. In this session, Sharon Hicks, Senior Associate and Kim Bond, Executive Vice President at OPEN MINDS, discussed what needs to be addressed to ensure your organization is on the path to maximizing your tech investment, including: How to…
Technology Strategy For Sustainability—EHRs Are Just The Start
This closing keynote presentation took place October 27, 2021 during The 2021 OPEN MINDS Technology & Analytics Institute. OPEN MINDS Chief Executive Officer Monica E. Oss gave an up-to-the-minute look at the critical changes in the landscape for serving complex consumers – and what they mean for organizational sustainability post-pandemic. This session covered: The context for selecting technology in…
Continue Reading Technology Strategy For Sustainability—EHRs Are Just The Start
Making Tech Work
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer Tech investment in health care is big. Eighty percent of health care provider organization executive teams are looking to make additional investments in technology in the next five years (see Future Of Healthcare Report: Exploring Healthcare Stakeholders’ Expectations For The Next Chapter). As a result, the health care tech…
Tech For Success: How To Assess Current Tech Functionality Readiness For Future Growth
By Joe Naughton-Travers, Ed.M. With my work at OPEN MINDS, I’m often asked by my specialty health care provider organization clients which type of technology is the most important. My answer is always the same: it’s not about the individual technology itself, it’s about how all of the technology platforms come together and “play nice” to…
The Four Pillars of Strategic Technology Success
By Monica Oss Many organizations are focused on technology—specifically, which technologies they need, how to best select and implement them, and ultimately, how to ensure that technology investments “pay off” for the organization. My take is that most executive teams know they need to incorporate some of the many emerging technologies into their organization’s operations.…
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How To Optimize Technology: An OPEN MINDS Seminar On Getting The Most Value From Your Technology Investments
This presentation took place on August 23, 2021 at The 2021 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute. In this session, Sharon Hicks, Senior Associate and Kim Bond, Executive Vice President at OPEN MINDS, discussed what needs to be addressed to ensure your organization is on the path to maximizing your tech investment, including: How to…
Technology Strategy For Sustainability—EHRs Are Just The Start
This closing keynote presentation took place October 27, 2021 during The 2021 OPEN MINDS Technology & Analytics Institute. OPEN MINDS Chief Executive Officer Monica E. Oss gave an up-to-the-minute look at the critical changes in the landscape for serving complex consumers – and what they mean for organizational sustainability post-pandemic. This session covered: The context for selecting technology in…
Continue Reading Technology Strategy For Sustainability—EHRs Are Just The Start
Making Tech Work
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer Tech investment in health care is big. Eighty percent of health care provider organization executive teams are looking to make additional investments in technology in the next five years (see Future Of Healthcare Report: Exploring Healthcare Stakeholders’ Expectations For The Next Chapter). As a result, the health care tech…
Tech For Success: How To Assess Current Tech Functionality Readiness For Future Growth
By Joe Naughton-Travers, Ed.M. With my work at OPEN MINDS, I’m often asked by my specialty health care provider organization clients which type of technology is the most important. My answer is always the same: it’s not about the individual technology itself, it’s about how all of the technology platforms come together and “play nice” to…
The Four Pillars of Strategic Technology Success
By Monica Oss Many organizations are focused on technology—specifically, which technologies they need, how to best select and implement them, and ultimately, how to ensure that technology investments “pay off” for the organization. My take is that most executive teams know they need to incorporate some of the many emerging technologies into their organization’s operations.…
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Qualifacts + Credible Named 2022 Best In Klas: Software & Services
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (February 20, 2022) — Qualifacts + Credible, a leading provider of electronic health record (EHR) platforms for behavioral health and human services organizations, today announced the Credible platform has ranked No. 1 in the 2022 Best in KLAS: Software and Services report. Additionally, Qualifacts + Credible’s CareLogic EHR platform is ranked No. 2 in the 2022 Best in KLAS: Software…
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