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Feds look to health IT to improve behavioral health

The federal government will hand out more than $4 million in grants nationwide in an effort to use health information technology to help substance abuse and mental health professionals in underserved areas.

ONC to pilot use of health IT in prescription drug monitoring

A new pair of ONC pilots will test the effects of expanding state programs designed to prevent abuse of prescription drugs. 

HIE should include behavioral health, Colorado group says

Despite a constant flux of privacy concerns by patients, the behavioral health community must be involved in the development of a statewide health information exchange, a recent report from the

Behavioral health programs to get federal health IT grants

A new government grant program will give a shot in the arm to the use of health IT in the treatment of behavioral health issues. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)