Key challenges faced in Behavioral and Mental Healthcare

Key challenges faced in Behavioral and Mental Healthcare

Key challenges faced in Behavioral and Mental Healthcare

Let’s Begin Now! More and more patients are struggling with mental illness than ever before. Mental health and behavioral issues are far more common than most people realize. Patients all across the country experience some sort of psychological problems and disorders every day. But instead of visiting the doctor like they might for some other disease, these individuals face considerable patient access barriers. This results in keeping them out of the mental healthcare setting. Mental illness, being a chronic disease can have deadly consequences if not adequately treated.

Some quick facts and data representing the state of US mental healthcare system

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51 percent of providers said their organization’s mental and behavioral healthcare offerings are not specialtyspecific. Hence they are not able to fully meet the needs of their unique patient populations.

33 percent of doctors said fragmentation of care is a barrier. For 32 percent, lack of access to specialty care is a significant hindrance.

U.S. has approximately 25,000 practicing psychiatrists, but there are an estimated 40 million Americans who require psychiatric care each year.

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More than 44 million American adults have been diagnosed with a mental health condition, and rates of severe depression are worsening among young people.

A 2018 survey from the National Council on Behavioral Health (NCBH) showed that 56 percent of patients want to access a mental healthcare provider, but many face care barriers.

Some quick facts and data representing the state of US mental healthcare system The behavioral and mental healthcare delivery system designed to address psychological disorders remains broken.

Fixing that system requires infrastructure support and clinician capacity to serve both existing and future demand. It moreover requires developing and escalating integrated, evidence-based care mechanisms that are supported by data aggregation, outcome tracking, and reimbursement-enabling innovations.

Some common barriers to behavioral care implementation are:

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Poor system compatibility

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High hardware and software costs

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Poor design in the software interface

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Lack of IT support

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Inadequate training

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Fragmented workflow

Key challenges

There are different complexities in managing different types of healthcare specialties. But those that work in mental and behavioral health face distinct challenges.

There are different complexities in managing different types of healthcare specialties.

Usability Challenges of EHR

Financial Barriers

Lack of Integration Inability to manage separate psychotherapy notes

Lack of Clinical Safety

Shortage of mental health professionals

Fragmented Care

The Psychiatric health care field has begun to understand the multiple problems that exist – from the perspective of both the doctors and patients. They’ve begun to formulate and execute steps to transition into the adoption of advanced technology for the interoperable exchange of information.

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