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CA BH-EHR Request for Information (RFI)

On September 17, 2008, the California Department of Mental Health (DMH) released the Behavioral Health Electronic Health Record (BH-EHR) Request for Information (RFI) in support of the County Mental Health Programs’ efforts to select BH-EHR vendors and solutions.

The intent of the RFI was to share business and functional requirements with vendors and to obtain information about each vendor’s ability to deliver standards-based and interoperable behavioral health information systems in California. The RFI results will be used by counties in their efforts to acquire EHR systems. DMH is not building a single statewide system.

DMH is pleased to announce that we have received twenty-three (23) vendor responses to the BH-EHR

Prior MHSA RFI Activities

The California Department of Mental Health (DMH) is pleased to announce the release of its Behavioral Health Electronic Health Record (BH-EHR) Request for Information (RFI) in support of the County Mental Health Programs’ efforts to select BH-EHR vendors and solutions.

To facilitate the improvement of behavioral health services in the state of California, DMH, in collaboration with the County Mental Health Programs, contract providers, and the client, family and vendor communities, has assembled the requirements for a BH-EHR system that would be a ‘secure, real-time, point-of-care, client-centric information resource for service providers’ and would allow for the exchange of client information according to a standards-based model of interoperability.

The purpose of this RFI is to share business and functional requirements with vendors and to obtain information about each vendor’s ability to deliver standards-based and interoperable behavioral health information systems in California. The RFI results will be used by counties in their efforts to acquire EHR systems. DMH is not building a single statewide system.