The Electronic Health Record (EHR) team provides support, training and billing support for electronic health record program, SmartCare. This EHR is used by Sacramento County Behavioral Health Services (BHS) and BHS Contract providers for both Mental Health (MH) and Substance Use Prevention and Treatment (SUPT).
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We are excited to announce we will be transitioning from Medication Management RX to CalMHSA RX (also known as Doctor's First) for Mental Health Outpatient Providers using SmartCare to document and prescribe. This new platform will fully integrate with SmartCare, and—just like Medication Management RX—you will be able to access and launch it directly through your SmartCare account.
Key Benefits of CalMHSA RX:
Our tentative go-live date is April 1, 2026
CalMHSA will be holding two training session(s) to review the new platform. This training is intended for both prescribers and the designated support staff that were identified by each legal entity. Please register for one of the two sessions listed below:
Registration Link to Training: : https://calmhsa-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/nWHwca6tTayErBDcVK_h7g
Registration Link to Training: https://calmhsa-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/eNSkMubGR3GSwfVYhoYTKw
On Jan 26, 2026 the August and September MSP's were added to SmartCare. With this update there were a couple of updates we wanted to outline. Below is a summary of the updates, for full details please reference document SmartCare updates 1-26-26.
If you have any questions regarding these updates, please reach out to our support team at bhs-ehrsupport@saccounty.gov
