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Why Consider Electronic Health Records?

Utilizing Electronic Health Records can offer many benefits, especially for mental & behavioral health and substance use agencies. In addition to the obvious perk of reducing paper waste, utilizing EHR can: – increase productivity by providing clear analytics – minimize redundancy...

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Behavioral Health Authorization Management

Treatment Over Time Mental health treatment is usually most successful in a series of sessions. Like many other types of therapy (such as PT, OT, Speech Therapy, etc), behavioral health sessions can be minimally useful if only utilized once or sporadically and often require the repetition of multiple...

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Behavioral Health EMR: Definition and Benefits

Curious about Behavioral Health EMR? Here are some things to consider as you gather information: Definition of Behavioral Health EMR EMR = Electronic Medical Records, also known as EHR, or Electronic Health Records. EMR is an electronic version of traditional paper charts and often includes electronic...

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Mental Health EMR

What does “mental health EMR” mean? What are the benefits and challenges of considering one for your practice or agency?  The Definition of Mental Health EMR? EMR means Electronic Medical Records, essentially a paperless version of your clients’ charts. Also commonly known as EHR, or Electronic Health...

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How Can PIMSY Help Keep You HIPAA Compliant?

It goes without saying that HIPAA compliance is of the utmost important to mental & behavioral health care agencies. While most EHR software helps increase data protection, how specifically can PIMSY help you keep HIPAA compliant? Keeping your data safe & secure is one of PIMSY’S foremost...

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EHR for Inpatient Services

Are you looking for an EHR for inpatient services? PIMSY offers functionality specifically for inpatient behavioral health treatment, such as substance use, eating disorders, developmental disorders, group home services, addiction, and other specialized onsite treatment. Behavioral Health UB-04 Billing UB-04...

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Should Your EHR Offer Canned Notes for Mental Health?

Canned Notes for Mental Health Note templates in an EHR usually means that you don’t have to create a note from scratch, but can rather add to a pre-existing template that covers the basic structure of a client assessment. It’s good to remember that while these templates, also known as canned notes,...

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What is Behavioral Health Practice Management?

Do you need a practice management system for your agency? What is it and how can it help? How does it differ from EHR/EMR? Do you need both types of software to manage your organization? Do you need behavioral health practice management software for your agency? While only you can decide if you need...

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