Practical Solutions for Advancing Tech Equity in Behavioral Health

Despite major advances in healthcare technology, significant disparities remain—especially with behavioral and mental health providers that didn’t qualify for federal health IT initiatives under HITECH funding. Many of these providers reside in underserved markets or outside the Integrated Delivery Networks. Without access to the same sophisticated EHRs and standardized data-sharing frameworks that larger health systems employ, these under-resourced provider groups face a steep digital divide that hinders equitable access to patient data.