Newswire July 28, 2025
Netsmart ranks as top EHR software in 2025’s Top HIT Vendor for Inpatient Behavioral Health Systems
WASHINGTON, July 28, 2025 (Newswire.com) – Psychiatric hospitals and behavioral health facilities across the U.S. are rapidly modernizing their electronic health record (EHR) systems, driven not by new incentive funding, but by urgent compliance requirements. According to a Q2-Q3 2025 survey by Black Book Research, behavioral health providers face mounting regulatory pressure from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Despite being excluded from federal EHR incentive programs like Meaningful Use, psychiatric hospitals and residential treatment centers face strict...







