Helios Warriors: Holistic Healing for Veterans

serving the Asheville / Western North Carolina area Helping Veterans Heal with Holistic Therapies Helios Warriors, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to offering the highest quality of holistic therapies to veterans (and spouses and primary caregivers starting January 1, 2015) in a safe and supportive...

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Are you locked into your EHR?

Sadly, it is not uncommon for an agency to become locked into their electronic records system or EHR (electronic health record). Even if their contract is getting ready to expire, and they’d like to move on because the program is no longer a good fit, they can’t move on because there’s no easy way...

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Challenges to Implementing Electronic Health Records (EHR)

The transition to electronic health records is inevitable. The world of business and even social relationships has become digital, and behavioral health is no exception. As much as we all continue to have a nostalgic connection to the hand-written word (including paper notes!), the age of managing,...

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It All Started with an EHR Wish List

In 2007, Jackson County Psychological Services (JCPS) weren’t happy with the software they were using for their behavioral health agency: it was clunky, inefficient, and not meeting their needs. They were personal friends with our CEO and asked him to create a new system – from scratch –...

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Is PIMSY Only for Mental Health?

PIMSY offers the best of both worlds in that it was designed as a mental health EHR, and it can be used in a variety of other industries and settings. We currently have clients using PIMSY for speech therapy, nutrition, methadone dosing, substance abuse day treatment, applied behavioral analysis,...

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Mental Health EHR Customer Service & Support

EHR Success Hinges on Excellent Customer Service Electronic Health Records (EHR) training, support, and customer service are as important – if not more important than – the system itself. Essentially, it doesn’t matter how amazing of a tool you have; if you don’t know how to use it properly,...

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Confused by All the Acronyms!?

While recently researching the Meaningful Use Stage 2 requirements, I found myself googling various acronyms for clarity, despite being fairly familiar with EMR/EHR lexicon.  It made me wonder how many folks out there might appreciate having a handy dandy acronym guide as they navigate the often confusing...

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