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BI Before AI: CBC’s Journey to Develop a Comprehensive In-House Business Intelligence Platform From Which to Launch AI Projects
Integrated-whole-person care requires integrated-whole-person data, yet most healthcare data is scattered across disparate sources. Even when behavioral health organizations and Independent Practice Associations (IPAs) make large financial investments into data platforms and the IT resources to...
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AI in Health Insurance: Ensuring Accountability and Oversight in an Evolving Landscape
One might say Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a double-edged sword. It has already proven helpful in streamlining and automating repetitive tasks in many areas of daily life. Yet, AI is also full of risks and dangers when not appropriately balanced with human supervision. In October 2023,...
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Using Big Data Analytics to Predict and Prevent Mental Health Crises
In recent years, mental health crises and suicide rates have surged across America. This concerning trend spans demographics, with 11.5% of youth (over 2.7 million people) reporting severe major depression and 20.78% of adults (over 50 million people) facing some form of mental illness. The...
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Digital Technologies Hold Promise for Behavioral Health Service Providers and Recipients
Our healthcare and social welfare systems face grave challenges amid an unprecedented demand for services. The acute economic instability of recent years, environmental degradation attributable to global climate change, and chronic sociopolitical upheaval have compromised public health and...
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Empowering Patients through Accessible Electronic Health Records: Benefits and Challenges
The integration of digital technology in healthcare has ushered in a new era of patient empowerment, providing an unprecedented level of engagement and autonomy in managing one’s health by enabling easier access to electronic health records (EHRs). This transformation has significantly altered...
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Combat Addiction
Substance use disorder is a worldwide problem. A report by the Addiction Center shows that in the United States, more than 21 million people have a substance use disorder. Another report by the National Drug Control Budget highlights that the government spends more than $44.5 billion dollars...
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AI’s Next Target: Clinician Burnout
Artificial intelligence threatens to disrupt work as we know it, displacing great swaths of the workforce with language models and artificial neural networks that perform least as well as humans. Although that frightens healthcare workers, many are burning out and looking for relief. AI might be...
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A Decade of Advancements in Behavioral Health Technology for Pennsylvania Students
The year was 2014, and Drexel University, where I was working at the time, partnered with Pennsylvania’s Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) in submitting and being awarded a 5-year, $736,000 annually Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) grant for youth suicide prevention. Our...
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AI and Home Care: Navigating Challenges and Embracing Innovation to Meet Growing Needs
We are on the brink of a significant transformation in healthcare, driven by two converging crises: an aging population and an overburdened workforce. As the number of elderly individuals requiring care continues to grow, the home care sector faces unprecedented challenges due to high staff burnout...
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Technology Enhanced Care for Geriatric Behavioral Health
The use of technology in the healthcare industry has changed the way services are delivered, particularly in addressing the correlation between the geriatric population and behavioral healthcare. As the population grows, the need for care for various disorders, such as dementia, Alzheimer's,...
