Behavioral in Medical News

Bills Address Long Waits for Behavioral Health Patients

NJHA, NJ-ACEP Applaud Lawmaker for Putting Patients First PRINCETON, N.J., June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Healthcare organizations today applauded N.J. Assemblyman Joe Cryan (D-Union) for sponsoring legislation that will improve access to behavioral health services and ease excessively lo...

L.A. Care Health Plan and Health Integrated Partner to Integrate Medical and Behavioral Support Programs for L.A. Care's Providers

Health plan introduces proven behavioral health programs from Health Integrated to strengthen support for primary care physicians treating L.A. Care Health Plan members with behavioral health conditions TAMPA, Fla., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- L.A. Care Health Plan, the nation's largest public he...

Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services Standardizes on Autonomy's Meaning-Based Technologies

CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that the Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services (GCB) has selected its informat...

Netsmart's Haines Reappointed to CCHIT Behavioral Health Work Group

Work Group in Final Year of Developing Criteria for Behavioral Health EHR Technology GREAT RIVER, N.Y., June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT(R)) has re-appointed Netsmart Technologies Senior Clinical Consultant Lisbeth Haines, M.D.,...

MyOutcomes Urges Government Leaders to Employ Consumer-Driven Outcomes Management in Reforming Behavioral Health System

White Paper Recommends Proven Solution for Improving Quality, Cutting Costs SILVER SPRING, Md., May 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MyOutcomes, LLC, a partnership focused on delivering consumer-driven outcomes management systems, today issued a white paper calling on the Obama Administration an...

Key Stakeholders Convene Capitol Hill Symposium To Advance Convergence of Behavioral Economics and Healthcare

Innovative Thought Leaders Launch ignite09 to Improve Health Outcomes and Lower Costs WASHINGTON, May 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Express Scripts Center for Cost-Effective Consumerism, the American Benefits Council and Hewitt Associates along with other leading health and policy organizatio...

BioRay's CytoFlora Reduces Digestive and Behavioral Issues in Autistic Children

Debuts at Autism One May 22 - 25, 2009 CytoFlora decreases IgA and IgM antibodies to intestinal bacteria in children with immune disorders and autism. LAGUNA HILLS, Calif., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- It is believed that as many as 75% of autistic children are affected by gastrointestina...

New Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry and Behavioral Health is Announced

RESEDA, Calif., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Jewish Home has named Nitin Nanda, M.D., as its chief of geriatric psychiatry and behavioral health. Dr. Nanda will also serve as medical director of the Lisa and Ernest Auerbach Behavioral Health Center at the Home's Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer Medical Cent...

Askesis Development Group, Inc. Launches New Behavioral Health Software for Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Practice Management

PITTSBURGH, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Askesis Development Group, Inc., a leader in software solutions for the behavioral health, addictions treatment, and social services markets, is pleased to introduce PsychConsult Provider(R) 6.0. The new and enhanced features are focused on creating a complete...

Lowe's Leads First Wave of Companies Partnering With Express Scripts to Apply Behavioral Economics to Healthcare

Innovative Model Drives Millions of Dollars in Savings for Employers and Patients ST. LOUIS, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lowe's, the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world, is among more than two dozen companies on track to save millions in 2009 through a pilot program w...

Motor behavioral research at UH moves to prestigious Texas Medical Center

New research and new collaboration are the goals for the University of Houston's department of health and human performance (HHP) as its Laboratory of Integrated Physiology (LIP) expands to the National Center for Human Performance in the Texas Medical Center (TMC). "This opens the door to oth...

According to A Better Tomorrow Wells Fargo's Credit Card Processing Division is Withholding Tens of Thousands of Dollars Owed to a Southern California-Based Behavioral Healthcare Treatment Center

MURRIETA, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- If you're looking for an example of how banks are abusing the Troubled Asset Relief Program, consider Wells Fargo Bank, which has received $25 billion in federal aid. Since last week, the San Francisco-based bank has inexplicably withheld...

Study finds behavioral link between insomnia and tension-type headaches

Using sleep or napping to cope with chronic pain caused by tension-type headaches could lead to chronic insomnia according to a new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center. The study, published in the February 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicin e, found that napping ...

Stronger effort needed to prevent mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders in young people

WASHINGTON -- The federal government should make preventing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders and promoting mental health in young people a national priority, says a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. These disorders -- which include depression, anx...

Preventing Mental and Behavioral Disorders in Young People

PREVENTING MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE: PROGRESS AND POSSIBILITIES, a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, examines the toll these disorders take on young people, their families, and society. It also assesses which intervention...

ValueOptions(R) New Mexico Files Formal Protest of Award of New Mexico Behavioral Health Contract to United

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- ValueOptions(R) New Mexico, Inc., today filed a formal protest and requested a stay of procurement for the State of New Mexico's managed behavioral health care contract RFP 09-630-7903-0001, which was recently signed with UnitedHealth/Optum following a com...

Preventing the Next Virginia Tech -- The National Behavioral Intervention Team Association Launched Today

MALVERN, Pa., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marked the launch of the National Behavioral Intervention Team Association ( http://www.nabita.org ). NaBITA's mission: The National Behavioral Intervention Team Association (NaBITA) is committed to providing education, development and support to ...

ValueOptions(R) Behavioral Health and Wellness Web Site Wins eHealthcare Leadership Award for Best Site Design Second Year in a Row

NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- ValueOptions(R), Inc., the nation's largest independent behavioral health and wellness company, announced today that its Achieve Solutions (R) Web site was honored with an eHealthcare Leadership Award at the Twelfth Annual Healthcare Internet Conference held N...

Missouri Behavioral Pharmacy Management Program Receives 2008 SAMHSA Science and Service Award

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Missouri Behavioral Pharmacy Management Program (BPM) has been selected by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to receive one of their prestigious 2008 Science and Service Awards. These awards "recognize exemplary...

Study strengthens link between tobacco smoke and behavioral problems in boys with asthma

CINCINNATI Boys with asthma who are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke have higher degrees of hyperactivity, aggression, depression and other behavioral problems, according to researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. In a study posted online ahead of print by the Jour...

Rutgers Center for Behavioral Health Services, Criminal Justice Research gets NIMH grant

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. Since its founding in 2002 with a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Rutgers Center for Behavioral Health Services and Criminal Justice Research has focused exclusively on mental health services issues that arise when persons with mental illness have en...

Temple researchers look for behavioral link between breastfeeding and lower risk of obesity

Breastfeeding has a number of positive health benefits for baby: it can prevent ear infections and allergies, and lowers the risk of developing respiratory problems. It can also help prevent against obesity later in life, but the reason for this still isn't known. In an effort to find this link...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Best for Traumatized Youths

But study also finds too many clinicians still using unproven treatments MONDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- In children and teens, individual and group cognitive behavioral therapy helps reduce depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma symptoms, say ...

Universal Health Services, Inc. Announces Sale of Acute Care Hospital and Addition of Two Behavioral Health Hospitals

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS ) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell Central Montgomery Medical Center, a 125 bed acute care hospital located in Lansdale, Pennsylvania to Abington Memorial Hospit...

D-cycloserine may improve behavioral therapy treatment for anxiety

Philadelphia, PA, July 16, 2008 Anxiety is a normal human response to stress, but in some, it can develop into a disabling disorder of excessive and irrational fears, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, or posttraumatic stress disorder. Effective treatments are available and c...

Netsmart Technologies Web Seminar Helps Behavioral Health Organizations Understand Electronic Prescribing And The Importance Of New Medicare-Related E-Prescribing Legislation

Netsmart's InfoScriber E-Prescribing Solution Can Help Organizations Achieve Benefits of H.R. 6331 Great River, NY (PRWEB) July 15, 2008 -- Netsmart Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise-wide software and services for health and human services organi...

Netsmart Technologies Selected by Wake County, N.C. to Provide Behavioral Healthcare Software and Implementation Services

Netsmart is Now Technology Partner of Choice for Nearly 20 North Carolina Providers and Local Management Entities (LMEs) GREAT RIVER, N.Y., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Netsmart Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise-wide software and services for health and human services o...

Behavioral Risk in the Workplace: Behavioral Risk Management Continues to be an Important Best Practice Area for Employers

SAN DIEGO, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Behavioral Risk Management is an important best practice area for employers. This is the strong message from a survey conducted by the Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC) that examined employer strategies and effectiveness in Behavioral Risk Manag...

Integrated Behavioral Health Optimizes Claims Processing With BlueThread's SmartDesk, K2 Workflow and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) has selected BlueThread Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server-based enterprise content management (ECM) solutions and K2 software for process-driven applications, to improve oper...

Adding Light Eases Behavioral Problems of Dementia

Study found it fixed circadian rhythms, helped with depression, agitation in elderly TUESDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- Relatively simple adjustments in lighting may ease some of the behavioral problems associated with dementia, new research suggests. Use of melatonin, a hormone ...

Future of Behavioral Health Care for New Mexico's Youth Subject of Expert Panel Sponsored by ValueOptions(R)

STATE AND NATIONAL EXPERTS CHARGED WITH FINDING WAYS TO IMPROVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE THROUGH HEALTHTECH PANEL ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- For the past six months, research has been conducted in New Mexico to identify technology-enabled solutions that address cha...

£1.2M trial to test effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy

A team of researchers, led by Dr Nicola Wiles at the University of Bristol and involving researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in the South West, has been awarded 1.2 million by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme for a clinical tria...

New NAPHS Annual Survey Tracks Behavioral Treatment Trends

WASHINGTON, May 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Behavioral healthcare systems are playing a major role in responding to the needs of the millions of Americans of all ages who experience psychiatric and substance use conditions each year, according to the latest annual survey from the National As...

Veteran Behavioral Health Services Executive to Lead Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA, May 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bill Dinwiddie, Vice President of Behavioral Health Services of Horizon House, Inc., has accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania (MHASP). He will assume leadership of MHASP on ...

Netsmart Technologies Introduces the Netsmart Connect(TM) Suite of Solutions for Behavioral and Public Healthcare

Suite Enables Providers to Offer Continuity of Care and Consumer-Directed Care, Making Connected Care a Reality BOSTON, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Netsmart Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise-wide software and services for health and human services organizations, tod...

Los Angeles Jewish Home Unveils Auerbach Behavioral Health Center Filling Community Void for Adults Over 55

RESEDA, Calif., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The nonprofit Los Angeles Jewish Home announced today the opening of the Lisa and Ernest Auerbach Behavioral Health Center to serve adults 55 and over who are experiencing mental or emotional changes that require intensive treatment. The opening of th...

ValueOptions(R) New Mexico Provides $10.3 Million for Community Behavioral Health Care Organizations

LATEST $3 MILLION MEANS GREATER EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES ACROSS NEW MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Today ValueOptions(R) New Mexico, the behavioral health organization that serves the New Mexico Behavioral Health Collabora...

MassMutual's Center for Behavioral Research(SM) Releases White Paper on Best Practices in Education Campaigns

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- MassMutual's Center for Behavioral Research has released a new white paper to share insights and best practices regarding the successful implementation of participant education campaigns. Titled "Best Practices in Employee Campaigns: Helping Them Ge...

IHPM and HealthMedia Announce Industry's First Behavioral Health Workplace Center for Employers

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. and ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Health and Productivity Management (IHPM) announces the industry's first Behavioral Health Workplace Center for employers with founding sponsor HealthMedia, the global leader in scalable behavior change int...

CNS Response, Inc. Enters Agreement to Introduce rEEG(R) Platform to Managed Behavioral Health Organization

COSTA MESA, Calif., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CNS Response, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CNSO) today announced the implementation of its agreement to roll out referenced-EEG(R) (rEEG(R)) availability with an undisclosed, national managed behavioral health organization (MBHO). This agreem...