Top 5 Mental and Behavioral Health EMR Software 2019

We understand that dealing with a number of complex challenges daily such as non-compliance, data breaching, confidentiality, and complex long-term treatment plans makes a selection of a mental and behavioral health EMR Software for your practice a high-risk decision. One right choice can make all the difference in improving the efficiency of your practice.

Most standalone Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Software (both cloud-based and premise-based) has an extent to which they can support functionalities such as e-payment, ICD-10 coding, claims submission, and RCM. One of the major problems is physicians settling for any medical-oriented EMR Software because of either budget constraints or lack of knowledge about the available customizable choices designed to suit the unique specialty-specific needs. Resulting in you ending up with a no-good robust EMR Software too expensive and not entirely suited to your practice’s unique needs.

Main Features of Mental & Behavioral Health EMR & EHR Software

It is advisable to learn about the different features and functionalities of the software to have a good understanding of how the software works and what it has to offer. It also helps you narrow down your list of choices before choosing an EHR software. Before choosing a mental and behavioral health EMR software, look for the following key features:

Top mental and behavioral health EHR software should be HIPPA compliant and Meaningful Use 2 certified

e-prescribing module should be robust enough to provide controlled substance prescriptions along with conventional patient prescriptions

Lab integration for getting quick and efficient lab results and sharing with other healthcare providers under all the data sharing compliance requirements

Mental and behavioral health specialty-specific flexible charting styles should be available to provide the best possible care to the variety of patients

The patient portal should be user-friendly and able to automatically schedule/re-schedule appointments and reminders for patients

Hands-free notes ideally through dictation should be available to allow better patient engagement

Availability of Mental and Behavioral Health Patient Intake Forms which should provide assessments through measuring scales (e.g. Sadness Scale) and other risk factors (e.g. being suicidal)

Pre-programmed buttons for simple note taking minimizing the need for typing so that the physician could focus more on the patient than on notes taking

Robust Medication management should notify in case of harmful drug interaction

Top 5 Mental and Behavioral Health EMR & EHR Software in 2019 by EMRFinder

EMRFinder values its customers and has compiled a list of the 5 best and top-rated Mental and Behavioral Health EHR & EMR software solutions in 2019. The list is solely based on customer reviews and ratings and is as follows: