by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 13, 2023
There is no denying that managed care is changing the way mental health services are delivered in both the public and private sectors. The shift to managed care in some states has been rapid and complete. What are mental health planning councils to do about this...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 13, 2023
Homeless people are, by definition, isolated from mainstream society. They lack stable housing, and often lack connections with jobs, families, and communities. This paper summarizes what we know about reconnecting homeless people and individuals into the community...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 12, 2023
Consumer involvement in programs that serve homeless people has been growing in the past ten to fifteen years. There is a growing body of literature that supports the benefits of consumer involvement on the programmatic, policy, and administrative levels. Consumer...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 12, 2023
Cultural competence is provision of effective and respectful care that is compatible with the cultural health and mental health beliefs, practices and languages of the people receiving services. Cultural Competence activities need to be imbedded within all stages of...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 12, 2023
A computerized electronic medical record (EMR) system using client-server architecture was designed and implemented by the Laboratory of Computer Science for use by the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) to meet the unique medical record needs of the...
