Using “Low Tech” to Achieve High Marks: Overseas IT Examples Bring Lessons for U.S. Providers

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst What Works With the current trend of services moving from institutional settings to home- and community-based service settings, a challenge for many behavioral health and social service provider organizations is finding the dollars to invest in mobile computing for staff. Physicians and human service professionals are increasingly relying on applications for cell phones, PDAs, and iPods to deliver or monitor services for consumers. With the growing realization of the implications of behavioral health disorders on overall consumer health and related health costs, a focused effort to deploy technology to . . .