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Behavioral/Mental Health
Millions of Americans, of all ages, seek behavioral health and mental health treatment every year.
However, access to
care is becoming an increasing challenge
for many. Not only are the caregivers, hospitals and
behavioral healthcare programs working at maximum capacity. The cost of care continues to rise, while payments fail
to keep up. In addition, many agencies are implementing
services integration at the program, department and agency
levels, often called “no wrong door” or “front
door” programs. These programs improve the quality of services
they deliver to their clients, while reducing duplicative
services and allowing agencies to redeploy staff more effectively.
In addition, there is a large movement to utilize technology
to automate the
prescribing of drugs. Online prescribing, or
e-Prescribing, not only helps
control costs. It reduces the amount of medication errors and improves the
tracking of drugs prescribed.
Never has there been a more important time to implement operational efficiencies
within your organization, including understanding how investment in a technology
infrastructure can have a dramatic positive impact on the quality of care, productivity
and cost.
Netsmart offers a full range of solutions, including the most comprehensive practice
management system, Avatar
PM,
and Davies Award winning clinical solution, Avatar
CWS,
in the industry to help address key areas of concern,
which include:
- Reduction of budgets and staffing
- Constantly changing and increasing reporting requirements
- Automation of key clinical processes
- Compliance with emerging electronic health record
requirements
- Demand for data aggregation
- Desire for flexible next-generation financial, clinical
and management systems
- Interest in applications that are tailored and easily
maintained
- Desire for data analysis and benchmarking
- All this being provided in a system that will grow with the agency
- Provide a path to the future
as technology changes
Avatar Mobile, an optional module to Avatar PM and CWS, offers staff access to important decision-support tools away from the office. Electronic health records are accessed and managed at the point of service, providing the worker with vital information and eliminating the need to re-enter service records and related data upon their return to the office. Recording events at the time of their occurrence improves data accuracy, saves time and allows the work to focus on the person needing care, instead of the paperwork.
Netsmart’s comprehensive Avatar software suite can also
be delivered as a hosted application, Avatar ASP, for organizations that want to eliminate the need to maintain servers locally and reduce upfront costs.
In addition to core financial and clinical systems, Netsmart offers other solutions
to help you effectively manage your business. Avatar Executive Reporting System (ERS) is a powerful data warehouse environment and reporting infrastructure that helps resolve daily reporting requirements, while optimizing the Avatar system to convert data into actionable information and identify areas of improvement. Avatar
e-Prescribing is an ASP-based, innovative electronic prescribing service
built for behavioral health enabling physicians and practitioners to send prescriptions
and refills to pharmacies in seconds. Netsmart University, powered by
Continued Learning, offers a wide range of courses either online or at the
Netsmart Technologies offices along with personalized Web portals, or corporate
learning centers to support accreditation efforts, gain staff
CEUs and assist in training new employees.
Netsmart also offers a range of solutions for payers, or managed services organizations. Avatar
MSO is a complete solution for managed service organization and combined
provider/payers. Netsmart also offers Avatar MSO as a turnkey solution
or as an ASP solution, and has a special managed services ASP offering called CareNet. CareNet is specifically designed for substance abuse organizations.
To solve the sometimes overwhelming duplicate record problem, Netsmart offers a range of Mass Deduplication services and shrink-wrapped products through QS Technologies to meet the challenge of removing duplicates from public health data.
With nearly 30 years of experience in behavioral healthcare software and mental health software, Netsmart
has a deep understanding of the issues that behavioral and
mental health organizations face.
Contact us today for a no-obligation discussion about your organization’s
unique challenges and requirements. |
