The life of a United States service member comes with physical and mental challenges that can be difficult to understand for those who have never served. Attempting to cope and not seeing any help in sight, some veterans develop substance…
In October, ABC News reporter Amy Robach brought up Hunter Biden’s issues with substance use in an interview, commenting that he had been “in and out or rehab seven, eight times.” Biden, who is the son of President Joe Biden,…
Honoring Native Culture and History November is National Native American Heritage Month! Since 1990, this has been a time to honor the rich ancestry and history of America’s native populations. Next week, Native American Heritage Day will be commemorated the…
The unfortunate reality about many electronic health record (EHR) systems is that they are a burden on providers. The shift from paper processes to electronic was meant to standardize across the industry and make it easier on providers and patients.…
“At the end of the day we provided great care, we got people in the door...but we weren’t getting paid.” In episode one, Bill Chrisovergis of Miami Valley Recovery in Dayton, Ohio, discussed how he began working in addiction treatment…
Opioid overdoses are in decline for the first time in years. Would you know it from looking at your community? In some states—places like Alabama, Connecticut, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Nebraska, and West Virginia—Opioid Use Disorder…
On July 10-11, 2019, AZZLY® Founder and CEO Coletta Dorado is representing AZZLY in GuideWell and Springboard's "Scale-Up" event for female-led tech companies. Behavioral healthcare technology company AZZLY®, Inc. was selected by GuideWell Innovation, in affiliation with Springboard Enterprises, as…
Many in the behavioral health community have found themselves searching for a new EHR in 2019. Whether they're affected by the increased workload of the opioid epidemic and the Opioid Crisis Response Act, the concern of meeting HIPAA requirements due…
Why We Dedicated Ourselves to Make a Better EHR In spring 2019, Fortune and Kaiser Health News joint-published a long-form investigative article titled "Death by a Thousand Clicks: Where Electronic Health Records Went Wrong." The 9,000-word critique on the medical…
A panel of experts recently appeared before a Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) in early 2019 to discuss barriers to medication-assisted treatment (MAT). Despite some headway, patients on Medicaid continue to face a number of barriers to…
