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Electronic Health Record Staffing Essentials

Who you absolutely need on your implementation and on-going management team

Selecting a new EHR?

Implementing a new EHR?

Need help writing that payroll report?

Not getting enough ROI from your EHR?

We can help. 

Stop by booth 822 at NATCON19 in Nashville, March 25-26.  Solutions in Behavioral Healthcare, LLC offers consulting services for: EHR selection, implementation support, project management, system optimization and advanced reporting.  We work with your agency to enhance your technology utilization in support of your mission. 

Solutions in Behavioral Healthcare, LLC will be exhibiting at the National Council for Behavioral Health’s national conference March 25-27, 2019 in Nashville, TN. Solutions specializes in helping your agency select and optimize your EHR. Stop by booth 822 and say hi.

If you are interested in learning how to use Solution Focused Therapy with any population, this is the training for you.   This is a two-day training that will cover all of the theory and techniques of the Solution Focused model.  Participants will learn a variety of interactional techniques that will enable clients to establish well-formed goals and maintain progress on those goals.  The training will challenge participants to explore their assumptions about therapy and provide them with many hands-on techniques they will be able to incorporate immediately into their work.  By the end of the two days, participants will understand and have practiced all the Solution Focused techniques so that they can immediately integrate the Solution Focused model into their clinical work, case management and supervision.   If you are interested in this training please go to this link, fill out the form and send it in with your payment.

If you would like to pay by PayPal, please contact Susan Tohn at Susanleetohn@gmail.com

SF Two-day Registration Form Jan 2019

Solutions in Behavioral Healthcare, LLC will be hosting a vendor booth at NATCON18.   Stop by and say hi.  We are at booth 818 April 23^rd and 24^th at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, Washington, DC.

Come meet:

Jordan Oshlag, MSW, LICSW, Co-President

Susan Lee Tohn, MSW, LICSW, Co-President

Zachary Skelly, Associate

Jordan Oshlag and Zachary Skelly will be presenting, “Changing Your EHR:  Best Practices for Picking and Transition ing to a New EHR” at NATCON18.   NATCON18 will be held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Washington, DC from April 23-25.   For more information go to this link.

Date: Monday, April 23, 2018

Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm.

Location: National Harbor 11 on the National Harbor Level.

Many agencies are challenged with outdated and non-functional electronic health record (EHR) systems. Moving from one EHR to another can be clinically, operationally and financially hazardous. Discuss best practices for transitioning to a new EHR. Topics will include old and new vendor management, contracting and implementation best practices.

Learning Objectives:

• List the primary reasons for changing EHR systems and describe the major challenges faced by agencies when transitioning to a new EHR and plan for facing each of these challenges
• Conduct an EHR Needs Assessment using a comprehensive functional needs assessment tool
• Create an action plan for transitioning to a new EHR that addresses the major challenges

For those you attending our poster session at NATCON17, here is the handout!

Click on the link to download.  EHR Questions for NATCON 17

We are frequently asked by behavioral healthcare (BH) organizations, “why can’t we just use the local Hospital’s EHR system?”  In some cases, the BH agency is owned by or part of a hospital system that has already implemented its own Medical EHR.  In other cases the BH and Medical offices are working together as an ACO.  Understandably, there is pressure on BH C-Suite staff to utilize an existing EHR on the medical side.  So why not use a medical EHR system? This question is a lot like asking, “Why can’t we just mow the lawn with our snow blower?”  The answer, simply, is that you need the right tool for the job.

Click on the link below to download this paper.

Why Behavioral Healthcare Needs Specialized EHR Systems

Implementing an EHR has many moving parts.  One of the most challenging is converting data from your old system.  Although important to the success of an implementation, few other components of the process create more issues.   This paper explores the challenges of data conversion and includes practical advice.

Click on the link below to download this paper.

Data Conversion During an EHR Implementation 

As an independent consultant, I do a lot of project management. Highly organized by nature, I am always looking for computer tools that can make managing the project easier and more organized. I also do a lot of work remotely at client sites and there are some free or very inexpensive programs that can enhance your project management. I have pulled together a listing of my favorite tools to share with you as you prepare to implement your new electronic health record system. Any project, big or small, can be helped or improved with good organization and easy access to your data. The tools can be broken down into three main categories; collaboration, on-site and project support.

Click on the link below to download this paper.

Solutions’ EHR Project Management Tools Article