Behavioral Health Management articles from January 1997

Behavioral Health Management archives from January 1997

Why More Teens Are Toking.
January 1, 1997... It is well-documented that the current teenage drug use "epidemic" is driven primarily by increasing marijuana use. Some of the explanations proposed for this phenomenon include generational "forgetting," change in preferred intoxicant due to...

Thinking Strategically About IT.
January 1, 1997... The complexity of the current environment for behavioral health service management and delivery is demanding levels of technology that will bring the field in line with other industries that have traditionally invested heavily in information...

Computerizing: A View from the Grass Roots.
January 1, 1997... So you want to purchase a computer system, or upgrade one? Here's a "real world" view of the process. It is likely that within the next year you will face the decision of either upgrading your existing computer system/information system or...

Software for a Small-Center Network.
January 1, 1997... The number, of Americans enrolled in managed care organizations is growing exponentially. And a look at managed care providers supports a popular theory: the big get bigger, leaving the small to get smaller or simply disappear. But five...

Computerized Case Finding: The Key to Integration?
January 1, 1997... An interview with Frank deGruy, MD, Department of Family Practice, University of South Alabama College of Medicine Primary care physicians are, of course, the essential element to any integrated delivery system (IDS). In the "ideal" IDS...

One City's Venture Into Managed Medicaid MIS.
January 1, 1997... Four years ago, the City of Philadelphia's Department of Health began to implement a plan to form its own nonprofit managed care organization to manage the behavioral health care of the city's 450,000 Medicaid recipients. The program, called...

Coming: The Computer-Based Patient Record.
January 1, 1997... An Interview with Marion J. Ball, EdD, Vice President, First" Consulting Group and Past President, International Medical Informatics Association On the surface it seems to be a simple enough concept: instead of having a patient's medical...

A Guide to Purchasing Software Packages.
January 1, 1997... Tips on getting started toward the computerized medical record It's been six years since the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) landmark report on the computer-based patient record (CPR) was published.[1] Even so, as we face our day-to-day...

Survival Starts at the Top.
January 1, 1997... Public behavioral health agencies are going adrift because management isn't anchored in reality, says this consultant Over the past three years I have consulted with approximately 30 community-based behavioral health providers in 14 states....

The Death of Denial -- Revisited.
January 1, 1997... The author grapples with, and dismisses, a central tenet of much substance abuse counseling A few years ago, I published a short article in this magazine on the subject of denial.[1] It wasn't the traditional approach to the subject, i.e.,...

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT.
January 1, 1997... Clinical/Financial Software Package Software to expedite clinical management of behavioral patients within a capitated system has been released by MK Diagnostics, Inc., Louisville, KY. The Psych Evaluation Survey allows clinicians to...

CANSA INTERNATIONAL.
January 1, 1997... President's Message 1997 brings us a renewed opportunity for cooperation among nursing groups. As reported by Lois Roberts, President of the National Federation of Specialty Nurse Organizations, NFSNO has formed a task force to work the...

Behavioral Health On-line?
January 1, 1997... Around this time each year, the Wall Street Journal publishes a section on the year s top performing companies. This year was no exception. In the Dow Jones U.S. Industry group, computer software and computer products manufacturers ranked among...