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EHR Implementation Best Practices

The use of electronic health record (EHR) systems in mental health practices to store, organize, and analyze healthcare data brings many advantages over on-paper record keeping. Once the EHR implementation process is complete, the software should make practice management easier,…
Andrew Schatzberg
March 31, 2023
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How to Make Your Group Telehealth Appointment a Success

How to Make Your Group Telehealth Appointment a Success Telehealth is a new frontier in the practice of group therapy. Despite the slough of information on individual telehealth since the pandemic began, fewer resources exist to guide clinicians in implementing…
Andrew Schatzberg
March 17, 2023
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How To Start a Private Practice

How do you start a private mental health practice smoothly and efficiently, with all its moving parts, without overlooking a vital step or getting bogged down in overwhelm? Follow along for a structured map and expert guidance on how to…
Andrew Schatzberg
February 24, 2023
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How Can Behavioral Health Services Leverage ChatGPT?

In November 2022, a service called ChatGPT was released by OpenAI, an artificial intelligence (AI) research company founded in 2015. ChatGPT taps into a large database of text data from various sources (books, the web, etc.) to produce automated text…
Andrew Schatzberg
February 15, 2023
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The Tools You Need for a Successful Group Therapy Session

What factors determine the success of a therapy group? Provider training, group cohesion, consistent attendance—these things each play a major role in effective group treatment. Less acknowledged, however, is what goes on behind the scenes, including the software and systems…
Andrew Schatzberg
April 14, 2022
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Medicare’s Latest Telehealth Decision and What it Means for Behavioral Health

A new telehealth coverage policy set by Medicare could mean increased demand for telehealth services at your behavioral health practice. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in early November that Medicare will ease restrictions on telehealth coverage…
Andrew Schatzberg
February 2, 2022
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Case Study: Solving Unseen Problems

The Mental Mediator turned to Valant for e-prescribing and learned just how much of their daily work could be improved. From integrated outcome measures to efficiencies with clinical documentation, this behavioral health practice improved their efficiency in ways they couldn't…
Heidi Amrine
January 6, 2022
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Tips for Using Whiteboarding During Telehealth Appointments

Whiteboarding is a powerful tool to take traditionally in-person therapy activities to the digital telehealth space. With 41 percent of behavioral health appointments conducted online, therapists and psychiatrists can no longer rely on pen-and-paper or other physical materials for things…
Andrew Schatzberg
December 13, 2021