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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Arize EHR Advances HopeWorks' Delivery of Integrated Mental Health and Housing Services
HopeWorks replaces aging EHR with Cantata's Arize platform to centralize communication, enable collaboration across stakeholders LAKEWAY, Texas, May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cantata Health Solutions, a leading provider of technology solutions for behavioral health and human services providers, announces that HopeWorks, one of the largest homeless service providers in New Mexico, has implemented the Arize platform to improve support for clients receiving services from multiple departments. The implementation of Arize allows the staff across 10 of HopeWorks' programs to operate within a single solution, providing enhanced communication and a holistic view of all the services provided to each client. This collaborative approach has simplified workflows, empowers the full treatment team to make informed decisions, and allows staff to quickly address emerging issues or crises. HopeWorks provides access to day shelter, housing, and mental/behavioral health services, as well as supportive services like the Psycho-Social Rehabilitation (PSR) Program and the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Program. The Albuquerque-based organization also opened a new Behavioral Health Center in November 2024. Arize integrates clinical, billing, medication management, and client engagement tools that HopeWorks has configured to meet the needs of each program and facility. This flexibility will also allow HopeWorks to expand the system if they add new service lines in the future. "We have a large campus and offer many services, so we need a user-friendly, web-based platform to communicate in one place about the clients we all share," said Heidi Shultz, CEO of HopeWorks. "Arize is bringing our teams together by allowing everyone to access the same system and information, which helps boost productivity while making staff happier. We know Arize will be able to grow with us as we continue to expand our programs." HopeWorks' previous EHR lacked collaboration tools and required extensive training just to learn the basics of how to use it. The system's limited functionality and steep learning curve lowered morale. By replacing the aging system with Arize, HopeWorks now has an EHR that staff can quickly learn to use and navigate. They can easily complete clinical documentation, share updates on client progress within their respective programs, and see the other services and treatments individuals and families receive. "The environment in which HopeWorks operates can be very challenging, especially when each program has a different view of clients' needs and individual staff have to manage cases in isolation," said Alan Tillinghast, CEO of Cantata Health Solutions. "Arize takes a different approach, offering all stakeholders access to all appropriate data across the organization, which enhances the team's ability to support clients. This ability to configure the EHR based on what the organization needs empowers HopeWorks to improve both the quality and integration of services provided." For more information about Cantata Health Solutions and the Arize EHR platform, please visit About Cantata Health Solutions Cantata Health Solutions is challenging the convention of complexity and transforming care for Behavioral Health and Human Services with Arize, a modern EHR designed to simplify work and eliminate the frustrations of outdated systems. Developed by experts driven by empathy with deep industry experience, Arize puts you in control—with tools that can run right out of the box or can be easily configured to adapt to providers' work. With integrated features like built-in telehealth, full mobile functionality, and real-time team collaboration, Arize eases workloads and empowers providers to elevate care to improve lives. For more information, visit View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Cantata Health Solutions Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
BBC News
23-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
End of hedonism? Why Britain turned its back on clubbing
In an old gun barrel factory in Sheffield's industrial heartland, hundreds of people are raving under the fluorescent lights of Hope Works club for one of the last times before it closes. One young woman has dressed all in black to signify the loss of her "favourite place"."This is a landmark of Sheffield," says one reveller. "It's the reason a lot of people come to university here," adds owner Liam O'Shea believes that nightlife venues like this are "the vital underbelly of everything". "It's where people find themselves," he says. "It's where people find their tribe."Mr O'Shea, who calls himself a child of the the "rave generation", started Hope Works because he wanted to tap into that original spirit. Only now, Hope Works has gone. It closed its doors permanently in February after 13 years. And according to Mr O'Shea, grassroots clubs in the UK - places where up and coming artists often perform live - are "dropping like flies". In the last five years, around 400 clubs have closed in Britain – more than a third of the total London, a dedicated taskforce is being launched by the mayor's office to help boost nightlife and save venues at risk of closing."A complex matrix of factors are all conspiring against and placing pressure on the sector, making for a perfect storm for nightclubs," says Tony Rigg, music industry advisor and programme leader at the University of Central are many factors that could be at play - among them, rising costs, less disposable income and changing lifestyle choices. But the closures prompt broader questions too. Some experts have suggested, for example, that the lasting impact of the Covid-19 lockdowns may have led to people going out less than they once didAnd if that is the case, could the closure of so many clubs nod to a wider cultural shift, particularly among Generation Z? Did the pandemic change a generation? For several years during the pandemic, young people were unable to experience nightlife in the same way previous generations had, so perhaps it is not surprising that there have since been shifts in the way they socialise.A recent Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) study of more than 2,000 people aged between 18 and 30 found that nearly two thirds were going out less frequently than the year Dr Elizabeth Feigin of Dr Elizabeth Consultancy says Gen Z is being driven by a number of factors – both offline and online. Part of this seems to be a rising consciousness around health, both physical and mental - and "we are seeing less of a drinking culture".A YouGov survey of 18 to 24-year-olds shows Gen Z continue to be the most sober group overall, with 39% of them not drinking alcohol at all. Dr Meg Jay, author of The Defining Decade, suggests there are several factors driving this change. "Although some might imagine that young people are going out less post-Covid because depressed Gen Zers are still sitting around in their rooms, I don't think this is the case."There is more awareness about the dangers of substances as well as messaging on social media around healthy lifestyles, she says. Socialising less - or just differently? When lockdown restrictions were in place, Dr Jay recalls some young clients saying they'd have to find new ways to have a good time. "[I had] clients telling me how much happier they were as they spent less time feeling drunk, hungover, or broke and more time feeling in charge of their lives."Of course social media is also playing a role in how people socialise. For some, "social media and texting with friends scratches some of the itch of meeting up". This rings true with Mr Rigg. "We have a massive dependence on social media that has taken us away from more social pastimes," he Dr Feigin believes that the lag in social communication across the younger generations predates the lockdowns. "I think it's been exacerbated by the pandemic. But I think it was already declining on the back of social media and technology and also helicopter parents." There might be some healthy reasons for the decline in night life, she points out - but she also thinks that there's "some damage as well". "[This is] potentially around mental health, of social anxiety, loneliness and people actually not having the skills – not even bravery – to go out and socialise anymore because so much has become dependent online.""It's getting harder and harder for young people to socialise face to face... I do think that we are seeing higher rates of social anxiety and high rates of loneliness". A 'storm' coming for clubs? Not everyone is convinced that this is the reason for the club closures. Michael Kill, chief executive of the Night Time Industries Association, thinks that finances play a big role. "The reality is, is people can't afford it".Entry fees vary depending on the club. Early release tickets in some city centres can be around £10, while on-the-door entry or last-minute tickets will likely be more. Then comes the cost of any drinks, taxis, late-night trips to the kebab an NTIA study, 68% of people reported that the current economic climate had reduced how much they go out."Clubbing is becoming a luxury, and that's just crazy," says Sherelle Thomas, DJ on BBC 6 Music. "You should be able to enter a club and be with friends at any time you want because it's something that makes you happy."Mr Rigg suggests there is a "storm" coming for clubs, as a result of new economic challenges such as national insurance clubs cannot absorb economic challenges and so put prices up, this could make them less affordable and a less attractive proposition still, argues Mr Rigg - particularly at a time when consumers are burdened with rising living costs. In 2024, the company which owned Pryzm and Atik, two well-known nightlife chains, went into administration. It closed 17 and sold 11 venues (which included clubs and bars), citing changing student habits as the reason for Quelch, CEO of Neos, which runs the remaining venues, believes students have less money than they used to. "People really care about how they spend their money," he argues. "Gone are the days of students going out four or five nights a week".The company now has several "party bars" which are open in the day too, meaning the trading window is longer. Many are themed, with events such as bingo, and they are not as alcohol orientated. The places bucking the trend The Acapulco in Halifax has seen thousands of people on its dancefloor since it opened in 1961. It is thought to be the UK's oldest nightclub. Its bar is lit in red and blue, and the beat of the music ebbs through its doors as people spill in to dance, often several nights in a its owner Simon Jackson has noticed some shifts in the way people go clubbing. Some will come before the night properly begins and film themselves dancing for TikTok, he Acca, as it is known locally, is defying its environment. In Yorkshire, 40 percent of clubs have shut down since 2020 - the most out of any region in Britain. Mr Jackson attributes the club's longevity - in a challenging market - to, among other things, "value for money".There are also other models of clubbing that are seeing some success. Gut Level, a queer-led community project in Sheffield that runs inclusive club nights, is built on a membership model with reduced prices for those on low Katie Matthews says: "The music scene was run a lot by guys and it maybe didn't think about the safety of people like women and queer people as much."Then there is the safety aspect. In 2023, more incidents of drink spiking occurred in bars (41%) and clubs (28%) than anywhere else, and many people say they have experienced sexual violence during a night out."It's about safety of members," says Katie Matthews - at Gut Level, people have to sign up in advance. Ultimately, though, many clubs that continue to thrive do so because they are built around a sense of community. DJ Ahad Elley (known as Ahadadream), who moved to the UK from Pakistan at the age of 12, believes that this is a valuable aspect of many clubs. "For some people it's almost the only place they've got where they can go and feel a sense of belonging and real community," he says. Why preserving clubs matters Cat Rossi has spent years researching the creative significance of nightclubs, in her capacity as a design historian and professor of architecture at University for the Creative Arts Canterbury. "Since the dawn of civilisation we've needed to go out and dance and be together at night," she says. "Social gathering is a core part of our social fabric."I think that nightclubs are really undervalued as these hugely creative forms of architecture and design, but also nightclubs and club culture more generally are these huge engines of creativity."Many fashion labels have been born in clubs, she points out, making them part of a "bigger creative ecosystem" along with theatres, opera houses and television studios. In 2016, a German court officially designated Berghain, a famous Berlin nightclub, as a cultural institution, which gave it the same tax status as the city's opera houses and following year, Zurich recognised techno culture as part of its "intangible cultural heritage" in partnership with is a sentiment is shared by some in Britain too. As Mr Kill puts it: "They are a British institution. There's no two ways about it."And the key to preserving this, and ensuring the future of nightclubs, is evolution, argues Mr Rigg. "Nightclubs do need to evolve to maintain relevance due to the cultural behavioural shifts and also modify the business model to mitigate some of the other economic pressures."But without that transformation, the UK risks losing more of reporting by: Laura Lea, Fran Whyte and Harriet Whitehead Top picture credit: Getty Images BBC InDepth is the home on the website and app for the best analysis, with fresh perspectives that challenge assumptions and deep reporting on the biggest issues of the day. And we showcase thought-provoking content from across BBC Sounds and iPlayer too. You can send us your feedback on the InDepth section by clicking on the button below.
