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No other behavioral health treatment approach is more intertwined with software and technology than evidence-based treatment (EBT). While provider training, organizational values and leadership goals drive much of today's clinical practice, EBT begins and ends with data.
David Sackett, a leading figure in evidence-based theory, defines EBT as "the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients." EBT is a much more scientific approach to treatment than what many providers are willing to embrace, and thus movement and acceptance are slow.
The core of research-based interventions is data collection, data management and data analysis. EBT creates many questions for behavioral health professionals. A cursory review of some questions related to the role that software and technology play in EBT will provide an introduction targeted at answers to some of the questions, and hopefully development of questions...
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