Behavioral Health Management articles from January 2000

Behavioral Health Management archives from January 2000

Consumerism Comes to Behavioral Care.
January 1, 2000... You might remember when clinicians treated patients. That simple relationship changed when behavioral health specialists became "providers." Now the federal government, in concert with private-sector interest groups, is changing the...

Consumer Behavioral Health Services Over the Internet.
January 1, 2000... What's on the Web for consumers of mental health services? In short: everything. It's trite but true: Internet use is growing at exponential rates. The current number of Internet hosts grew from 213 in 1981 to more than 89 million in...

THE ASP ALTERNATIVE: A Cure for the IT Blues?
January 1, 2000... VENDORS' OVERVIEW When someone says "Internet," what comes to mind? Surfing the Net. Downloading items of personal interest. Buying stuff. Dropping in on chat rooms. (And, of course, making a killing on Wall Street.) But how about, running...

IM TECHNOLOGY: WHAT DO CLINICIANS REALLY WANT?
January 1, 2000... The answer seems obvious, yet somehow elusive. That will change. What is needed to make information management technology relevant to providers? This question is not academic for most software/technology vendors and behavioral healthcare...

MANAGING CONFIDENTIALITY: A 21st-Century Blast From the Past.
January 1, 2000... Will recent events confront you with this future scenario? It is Friday and you are working in your office at the Behavioral Health Center (BHC), a mid-sized inpatient and outpatient mental health and chemical dependency services...

Y2K-Oed for $8 Billion. What Next?
January 1, 2000... "The further backward you look, the further forward you can see." -- Winston Churchill "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." -- Alan Kay Which is it? I guess you pay your money and you take your chances--and...