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According to Dan Cobbs, MPA, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer,

"Askesis/PsychConsult is the best in class software for Electronic Health Records. It is intuitive and easy to use; it has rich content and provides data usability in real time. This software offers a quicker return on investment and net business benefit with integrated clinical chart compliance."

Bridgeway Center, Inc. (BCI) is a non-profit, providing Behavioral Health Counseling, Psychiatric Medicine, and Driving Schools for Psychological Health for Life. In addition, Employee Assistance Program trainings are provided for businesses and government agencies. For more information, please visit their website: www.bridgewaycenter.org.

According to President and CEO, Susan Blue,

"The selection of PsychConsult as our EHR partner was driven by the quality of the product and the commitment of Askesis to continuously improving their state of the art product in support of the important work we do."

CSG has been providing quality community-based mental health, intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), child and youth, autism and eldercare services throughout central and northeastern Pennsylvania since 1972. With over 1,800 employees in over 19 counties statewide, CSG is committed to and takes pride in providing services that empower individuals while promoting independence and wellness. For more information please visit their website: www.csgonline.org.

According to Alan Hartl, LVF CEO,

"In the evolving health care landscape, providers will be increasingly accountable for access to, outcomes of, and cost effectiveness of the services they deliver. A clinically sophisticated electronic health record that matures with health care reform will be essential if a provider is to be successful. We believe that is what we have with the Askesis' PsychConsult software. We look forward to this new partnership helping to extend the rich history of Lenape Valley Foundation as a source of innovative and comprehensive quality care to those who turn to us for assistance."

Lenape Valley Foundation, established in 1958, is a nonprofit organization employing over 300 professionals dedicated to providing individualized care that enhances each person's quality of life. LVF has a wide range of services for all ages, such as crisis intervention, outpatient, case management and residential services. For more information please visit their website: www.lenapevf.org.

Certification testing was conducted under Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology's (CCHIT®) certification program. Additional applications used in testing were:

• Allscripts ePrescribe version 15.2 and
• NCR Patient Portal version 4.0.

For details on our certification, visit the CCHIT website at:

http://www.cchit.org/products/2011-2012/arrafinalruleeligibleprovider/3171

and

http://www.cchit.org/products/2011-2012/arrafinalrulehospital/3172

For more information, please contact Bob Teitt, Vice-President of Technology and Business Development at teittrw@askesis.com.

According to Mary Lynn Ulrey, CEO:

"We are excited to embark on this new venture of providing services with the assistance of a quality electronic behavioral health record and know that is what PsychConsult will provide for us. We look forward to a long partnership!"

DACCO was incorporated as a nonprofit agency in 1973 through the leadership of representatives from the City of Tampa and Hillsborough County governments, Tampa Chamber of Commerce, United Way and other organizations in Tampa. Originally, DACCO provided drug abuse planning, coordination, and monitoring for local governmental units. In 1975, DACCO received funding to provide drug treatment services. Since that time, DACCO has evolved into an expansive, comprehensive, community-based substance abuse service system. The agency provides services to children, youth, adolescent and adults, as well as to the co-occurring population (mental health/substance abuse) and the homeless community.

According to Roger Kelly, the Executive Director of the Irene Stacy Community Mental Health Center:

"After reviewing numerous demonstrations and considering cost, our agency chose to contract with Askesis. Their behavioral health software product, PsychConsult, more than met the ability to provide for our EHR needs."

The Irene Stacy Community Mental Health Center, founded in 1958, provides Butler County, PA with a wide variety of services for individuals with mental illnesses, substance abuse and developmental disabilities. Irene Stacy services include: Adult Treatment Services, Children & Youth Treatment Services, Adult & Children Blended Case Management, Family Based Services, Drug & Alcohol Services, Intellectual Disabilities Services, Residential Services, and Ministry Assistant Programs. For more information about Irene Stacy visit www.irenestacy.com.

According to Fred Hines, CEO and President,

"Following an extensive search, Clarity CGC found that Askesis was the only product that met our needs as an inpatient and outpatient multi-site children's mental health treatment center."

Clarity is a 52-bed hospital specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of emotional and behavioral disorders in youth. They serve children between the ages of 3 and 17 years old and are the only psychiatric hospital in Texas that provides treatment to children under 5 years old.

In addition to their inpatient services, Clarity also provides on-campus day treatment and outpatient services. For more information on Clarity, please visit their website at www.claritycgc.org.

In total, 26 criteria for the Eligible Professional and 28 for the Eligible Hospital were successfully met (some overlap exists). In addition, the PsychConsult ePrescribe software is a certified product, so the Electronic Prescribing criteria are also met for the Eligible Professional.

Certification testing was conducted under Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology's (CCHIT®) certification program. Askesis plans to meet the additional criteria for Complete EHR Certification for both the Eligible Professional and Eligible Hospital in the second quarter of 2011. The certification was completed on April 5, 2011.

Sharon Hicks, President and CEO of Askesis said:

"This certification represents an ongoing commitment of Askesis to the behavioral healthcare industry. We are excited to help our customers take advantage of the incentive funding to which they are entitled and look forward to the full inclusion of community behavioral health providers in the incentive program."

Bob Teitt, Senior Director of Business Development said:

"By combining our PsychConsult Provider EHR solution with PsychConsult ePrescribe and EDI Connect, Askesis can offer behavioral health providers a robust software solution that is the first step in the process to meet Meaningful Use."

Included in the successful testing were the following criteria:

Interoperability:

• 170.304(f)Electronic copy of health information
• 170.304(h)Clinical Summaries
• 170.304(i)Exchange Clinical Information and Patient Summary Record
• 170.306(d)(1)Electronic copy of health information (Hospital)
• 170.306(f)Exchange clinical information and patient summary record (Hospital)
• 170.306(g)Reportable lab results (Hospital)

Clinical:

• 170.302(a)Drug/Drug and Drug/Allergy Interactions
• 170.302(b)Drug formulary checks
• 170.302(c)Maintain up-to-date problem list
• 170.302(d)Maintain active medication list
• 170.302(e)Maintain active medication allergy list
• 170.302(f)(1)Vital signs
• 170.302(f)(2)Body mass index,
• 170.302(f)(3)Plot and display growth charts
• 170.302(g)Smoking status
• 170.302(h)Incorporate lab results
• 170.302(j)Medication reconciliation
• 170.302(m)Patient specific education resources
• 170.304(a)Computerized provider order entry
• 170.304(c)Record Demographics
• 170.304(e)Clinical decision support
• 170.306(a)Computerized provider order entry (Hospital)
• 170.306(b)Record demographics (Hospital)
• 170.306(c)Clinical decision support (Hospital)
• 170.306(d)(2)Electronic copy of health information (Hospital)
• 170.306(h)Advanced directives (Hospital)

Security:

• 170.302(o)Access control
• 170.302(p)Emergency access
• 170.302(q)Automatic log-off
• 170.302(r)Audit log 170.302(s)Integrity
• 170.302(t)Authentication
• 170.302(u)General encryption
• 170.302(v)Encryption when exchanging electronic health information

This EHR Module is 2011/2012 compliant and has been certified by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable certification criteria for both Eligible Providers and Hospitals adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. This certification does not represent an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or guarantee the receipt of incentive payments.

For details on our certification, visit the CCHIT website at:

http://www.cchit.org/products/2011-2012/arrafinalruleeligibleprovider/3025 (Certificate Number: CC-1112-106140-2)
http://www.cchit.org/products/2011-2012/arrafinalrulehospital/3026 (Certificate Number: CC-1112-106140-1)

For more information, please contact Bob Teitt, Senior Director of Business Development at teittrw@askesis.com.

Phase 1 of the project will deliver core functionality, including appointment reminders (email or SMS), and requests, secure messaging, and Personal Health Record (PHR) functionality including access to problem lists, lab results, medication lists and allergies. Phase 2 will deliver additional functionality for enhanced data collection and prescription refill requests via the portal as well as back-office functions such as online bill pay. In addition, the solution can provide kiosk functionality at office check-in locations to dramatically increase efficiency and reduce administrative overhead.

Bob Teitt, Senior Director of Business Development for Askesis said:

"NCR is at the center of the self-service revolution, strategically poised between consumers who demand fast, easy and convenient options, and businesses intent on increasing revenues while enhancing consumer engagement and lowering their cost of operations."

Jim Dowling, Vice President of Sales, Healthcare Solutions for NCR said:

"NCR is truly excited to partner with Askesis to bring our leading edge consumer self-service technology solutions to the behavioral healthcare market."

For more information, contact Bob Teitt at teittrw@askesis.com.

According to Kita Curry, PhD, President and CEO:

"We chose Askesis’ PsychConsult® software because it will enhance our ability to deliver integrated treatment to our clients. After reviewing numerous Electronic Health Records, we selected PsychConsult because it was the most comprehensive and flexible. This is an enormous advantage for Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, as we offer a broad array of services with multiple funding sources. We also look forward to working with Askesis because of its reputation for integrity and customer service."

Didi Hirsch has provided mental health and substance abuse services for over 60 years and serves 57,000 clients annually. They provide a wide range of services, including crisis intervention and stabilization, counseling, residential treatment, case management, youth-at-risk and family reinforcement programs, delinquency prevention programs, substance abuse treatment and prevention, and extensive community outreach. They also operate the only free, accredited, 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, suicide prevention crisis line from Orange County to Santa Barbara.

For additional information on Didi Hirsch and the services they provide, please visit their website at www.didihirsch.org.

According to Tom Bernal, CFO,

“When we prepared to implement an Electronic Heath Records System, we found that Askesis offered the best product for our needs. PsychConsult® is comprehensive and easy to use, and both administrators and staff are enthusiastic about working with it.”

Aviva Family and Children’s Services provides a comprehensive range of diverse and culturally sensitive therapeutic and educational programs to help at-risk, emotionally distressed, abused, and neglected youth and their families function more effectively as individuals. Their programs include the residential treatment center and special education high school for abused and neglected adolescent girls, along with enrichment programs for infants through sixth grade, foster care and adoption, and a variety of community mental health services for at-risk youth and their families.

To learn more about Aviva and the services they provide, please visit their website at www.avivacenter.org.

According to Chris Novak, Director Clinical Research and Group Practice,

"We are very excited to work with Askesis. PsychConsult® Provider will assist us in improving our office efficiencies and taking our clinical operations to the next level."

The Outpatient Group Practice is comprised of a team of experienced psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, psychologists, social workers and professional counselors with extensive sub-specialty experience. They provide behavioral health and substance abuse services including medication evaluation and management and individual, family and marital therapy.

For additional information on the Outpatient Group Practice of Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital, please visit their website at http://www.alexianbrothershealth.org/services/abbhh/outpatient-providers.

Among the more exciting enhancements in this release are:

• Chart Viewer – A new window in which clinicians can filter and review the various components of a patient’s record, much as they would review a paper chart.
• Patient photos, email, and address history - All of this information can be captured in Provider.
• Digital signatures – You can capture multiple digital signatures for non-staff signers of Treatment Plans and clinical documents.
• History and Physical – A new document intended to enable a physician, physician’s assistant, or nurse practitioner to enter current and historical data about the physical and mental condition of a patient on admission.
• Order Set – A new ability within Order Entry to configure standard sets of orders so that clinical staff can enter them more efficiently.
• Custom datawindows – New abilities to configure multiple, custom-built datawindows for use in one clinical document and also to utilize Global Subcodes (along with Global Codes) in your custom datawindows.
• Reporting – New Crystal reports for clinical records and cash reporting are delivered on the CD for use as is or after customization.

Contact us with any questions or requests for additional information.

Key features of ePrescribe include:

• Electronic routing of prescriptions to retail and mail order pharmacies
• Complete access to patient medication history and health plan formulary information
• Instant checks on drug interactions, dosage levels and patient-specific factors including prior adverse reactions
• Enhanced Medicare Incentive Reporting
• Capability to electronically prescribe directly from an iPhone or mobile device
• 1-Click access to a comprehensive reference library

The integrated solution will be referred to as PsychConsult® ePrescribe. For more information, contact Bob Teitt at teittrw@askesis.com.

For a brief demo of ePrescribe, log on to the Client Resource Center.

This initial draft of the criteria is the culmination of 16 months of work for volunteers in CCHIT's Behavioral Health Work Group who have contributed more than 1,000 hours of their time. Separate sets of criteria were proposed for two different approaches to EHRs:

• Criteria specific to the needs of behavioral health as an add-on to EHRs for the physician-office, or ambulatory, practice setting.
• A comprehensive stand-alone certification designed uniquely for behavioral health settings and services.

When CCHIT requested public input for additional work groups, a request for behavioral health criteria received one of the largest votes. Now it is time for the behavioral health community to vote again.

The 2009 co-chairs, Steven R. Daviss, MD, DFAPA (Chair, Dept of Psychiatry, Baltimore Washington Medical Center), and Sharon Hicks, MSW, MBA (President and CEO, Askesis Development Group), urge all stakeholders to come to the CCHIT site and comment on each and every criterion proposed.

Behavioral health faces some unique challenges, which the behavioral health work group has striven to identify and address. The public comment period is a great opportunity to have all voices heard: providers, vendors, consumers, advocates, and other stakeholders.

As Dr. Daviss said, "A broad constituency commenting on the proposed criteria will ensure that this first work product of the behavioral health work group will help the behavioral health service delivery system adopt health information technology, use it meaningfully to improve people's lives, and better integrate behavioral health into the larger physical health system."

Ms. Hicks reminded commenters to, "Review each criterion in the context of the clinical work or IT needs of your organization or stakeholder group; consider the different needs among the public sector service delivery system and the commercially insured system; and base your comments on your vision of BH service delivery for the near future."

"One of CCHIT's most successful ideas has proven to be its publication of a forward-looking roadmap of certification requirements," Ms. Hicks added. "By clearly expressing what additional criteria to expect in the future, the roadmap is an effective mechanism for driving enhanced capabilities and standards compliance into the marketplace. When reviewing criteria, remember that the roadmap designation is your way to indicate that you think that something is important, even if not yet technically feasible."

"The behavioral health work group includes a broad range of stakeholders and we have discussed each and every one of these criteria," Dr. Daviss noted. "We don't always have 100 percent agreement, but now it is the time for the proponents of behavioral health specific functionality to weigh in with their comments and opinions. Only by casting a wide net for input will the final product be the accurate representation for which we are all working so hard."

According to Dick Jacobs, CEO and President,

"The Center is extremely pleased to purchase an Electronic Clinical Record system that truly is clinical in nature, designed by those that work in the field, not by software developers. Our clinicians are eager and excited to utilize this tool to improve their efficiency and effectiveness with clients."

CFDFL is a comprehensive, community-based, substance abuse treatment, and prevention agency serving the residents of Central Florida. They have developed a diverse regimen of treatment, intervention, and prevention services to help their clients develop healthy and responsible lifestyles.

The Center is licensed by the Florida Department of Children and Families and accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitative Facilities (CARF), specializing in Substance Abuse Treatment, Juvenile Justice Programs, Behavioral Health and Wellness, and Community Prevention and Intervention programs.

For additional information on the CFDFL, please visit their website at www.cfdfl.com.

Northwood Health Systems is a non-profit, comprehensive behavioral health center serving Ohio, Marshall, and Wetzel counties in the northern panhandle of West Virginia. Northwood’s 500 employees provide behavioral health services to more than 3,000 patients at 19 locations. Their comprehensive continuum of care includes services for children, adolescents, adults and senior citizens with emotional problems, mental retardation, mental illness and drug and alcohol additions.

For additional information on Northwood Health Systems, please visit their website at www.northwoodhealth.com.

Palouse River Counseling (PRC) will utilize PsychConsult Provider to improve their practice management, EMR, billing and state reporting needs. PRC provides a full continuum of mental health and chemical dependency prevention and treatment programs throughout Whitman County and parts of Idaho.

Wheeler Clinic, located in Plainville, Connecticut, is a private, not-for-profit, multi-service agency providing mental health, special education, and substance abuse treatment services for children, adolescents, families and adults. Their services are provided at locations in Bristol, Hartford, New Britain, Farmington, Newington, Plainville, and Waterbury Connecticut.

Catholic Community Services will initially implement PsychConsult Provider throughout their Family Preservation System. Family Preservation is an integrated, intensive service area within Catholic Community Services providing care using a "wraparound" approach. Services are designed for children/youth and families with multiple and complex needs, severe histories, and who tend to be involved with multiple child-serving systems.

"Our words can not express our thankfulness in you allowing (our Account Manager) to return to our center," said Richard Kennedy, Financial Director for Iroquois. Richard also said, "I also want to express our thankfulness to Askesis. How thankful we are that we decided to go with your company. Askesis has done so much to try to help us with the tornado and KHS issues. We realize what a caring company you have. Thank You. Your leadership presents itself as a caring company. This caring attitude is shown from top management all the way through the organization. I would be happy to share this with anyone and express what a wonderful choice PsychConsult has been for our agency. Again, thank you so much for all Askesis has done. God bless each of you."

Physicians participated in design sessions, prototype review, content development, implementation planning, and project leadership. The new documentation process provides more timely access to medication history, diagnosis, and other clinical documentation.

Physician documentation of patient identifying information, mental status exam, and patient education was streamlined, eliminating the need for traditional dictation and transcription. As soon as the changes were completed, same day documentation completion by WPIC physicians rose from 39% to 73% for all 4,000 monthly WPIC medication management service appointments. This represented an 85% improvement, which has remained consistent throughout the year. This change also allowed for an estimated $250,000 in savings through reduction in transcription costs, speedier charge capture and has been found to improve the quality of the documents.