Best Mental Health Software 2021

SimplePractice, founded in 2012, is SoftwarePundit's best overall practice management system. It features one of the most user-friendly, modern interfaces on the market and has a complete set of features including flexible EHRs, telehealth, and robust mobile applications. Starting at $49 per month for a single clinician, SimplePractice is a reasonably priced high-quality option.

CentralReach is an outstanding, full solution for behavioral health. Its integrated practice management, clinical, BI, revenue cycle management and HR solutions make it a must-try for any established behavioral health organization that is looking for a comprehensive solution. Two features specific to behavioral health are Chartlytics and CR Institute. Chartlytics is a real-time behavior change tool that allows your therapists to measure behavior, record it visually, and make better decisions. CR Institute is a marketplace with a high volume of free and for-purchase courses to help your behavior analysts succeed with Precision Teaching.

TheraNest is one of the most popular options in the market, and for good reason. It offers a complete set of features in a modern interface that you can access from any device. In comparison, most other solutions are either lacking key features or more painful to use on a day-to-day basis. A unique differentiator is that TheraNest is priced based upon your number of active clients, and not the size of your team using the system. It is also one of the few systems to offer integrated telehealth.

Luminello is a practice management system built specifically for psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and therapists. The company has a core tenant to be user-friendly, and it shows. The company offers all the basic functionality you need to run your practice (including e-prescribing in all 50 states), and additional nice to have features including a public profile with built in pre-screen form. It is also reasonably priced at $59 per month. We highly recommend Luminello to psychiatrists that want an easy-to-use, effective practice management system.

TherapyNotes is a web-based system that works well for practices that benefit from its powerful notes and electronic health records. While these are not customizable, they are created specifically for the behavioral health market and come with auto-suggest functionality that will save your team time and improve data accuracy. Additionally, the billing features that TherapyNotes offers are uniquely strong. When evaluating the system, it's important to keep in mind that these billing features are an extra cost on top of the $59 per month for TherapyNotes' entry group plan.

Valant is a tested practice management system that is best for medium to large organizations with psychiatrists at their practices who will benefit from its ePrescribing capability. This solution was built specifically for behavioral health providers, and is equipped with several features that improve operational efficiency including client intake, scheduling, online patient portal, and billing & invoicing.

TherapyAppointment 2.0 is a good entry-level practice management system with a complete set of basic features including client intake, appointments & scheduling, EHR plans & forms, a client portal and billing & invoicing. TherapyAppointment is used by over 16,000 therapists. Starting at $10 per month, there is no better entry system for brand new practices on a budget.

Doxy.me provides a HIPAA and HITECH compliant platform that streamlines the delivery of telemedicine for over 40,000 providers. Doxy.me differentiates from the competition through a focus on reducing cost and complexity. They offer a fully functional free version of the software that is HIPAA compliant and can be used for unlimited sessions. We recommend it for therapists looking to expand into telemedicine who cannot do this through their current practice management systems.

Virtru is a well-designed data protection solution that integrates seamlessly into G Suite and Microsoft Outlook to help organizations comply with HIPAA, GDPR and other standards. More than 8,000 companies, including WeWork and HBO, rely on Virtru for encryption of email, Google Drive, and other enterprise applications. Virtru works with companies in the healthcare, finance, government, manufacturing and education industries.

IntakeQ is excellent at what it does. IntakeQ's Forms Only Package is the best available option focused specifically on client intake. We highly recommend it if you want to solve that specific problem. If you are a smaller, cash-based practice, then we also recommend IntakeQ's Full Package as a practice management system. While it lacks some of the advanced features found in other solutions, it is a super-intuitive, lightweight platform that is adding meaningful new features each quarter.

Mend is a telehealth and engagement platform used by thousands of healthcare providers to conduct telehealth appointments. Its HIPAA compliant video conferencing module is integrated with several features like online forms and appointment reminders that are more commonly found in practice management systems and patient communication software. Other Mend features include appointment scheduling, group telehealth appointments, a secure messaging inbox, and exceptional customer support.