title: IT Matters in Behavioral Health.
abstract: While behavioral health faces the same barriers to widespread implementation of information technology, it has several unique needs that make such implementation critical. This article provides a look at the unique challenges of, and opportunities for, IT ubiquity in behavioral health.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Informatics, Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, MO 64117, USA. rsimpson@cerner.com
authors.forename: Roy L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States