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Unveiling the Top EHR Contenders: MindWise Health vs. SimplePractice — Which Wins?

SimplePractice vs MindWise Health Comparison

This article compares two leading EHR platforms: MindWise Health and SimplePractice, highlighting unique strengths, recent innovations, and suitability for various practice sizes and specialties. 

This in-depth review is part of an ongoing series. Previous comparisons with other top EHR contenders are available for additional context.

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Behavioral health practices face increasing pressure to deliver exceptional care while managing complex administrative demands. Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems play a critical role in streamlining operations, enhancing patient engagement, and ensuring secure, efficient documentation. 

How do SimplePractice and MindWise Health compare?

Company background and evolution

MindWise Health

Website: https://www.mindwisehealth.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindwise-health/

MindWise Health pricing: https://mindwisehealth.com/pricing

  • Founded in 2019 with a specialized mental health focus
  • Developed a technology platform for identifying anxiety, stress, and depression patterns
  • Evolved into a comprehensive healthcare software provider combining human care and data science

SimplePractice

Website: https://www.simplepractice.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/simplepractice/

SimplePractice pricing: https://www.simplepractice.com/pricing/

  • Founded in 2012 to simplify private practice management for mental health, speech therapy, and chiropractic professionals.
  • Evolved from a basic scheduling tool to a comprehensive all-in-one EHR and practice management platform.
  • Recognized for rapid growth, serving hundreds of thousands of practitioners and wellness professionals, as well as millions of patients.
  • Awarded industry accolades for innovation and excellence in practice management solutions.

Specialization and target audience

MindWise Health: Purpose-built for mental and behavioral health

MindWise Health designed its platform specifically for mental and behavioral health professionals. The company focuses on condition-based screening tests that address a wide range of mental health conditions and patient groups.

Clinicians streamline clinical workflows using customized note templates and documentation tools that MindWise Health designs for behavioral health use cases. Mental health experts developed the intake feature to collect only essential information, avoiding the excessive questioning found in general health applications.

MindWise Health’s dashboard extracts critical information from clinical notes, ensuring providers meet state licensure requirements and insurance standards. 

SimplePractice: Good for solo and smaller practices, but…

For solo practitioners and small group practices, SimplePractice delivers a user-friendly, all-in-one EHR and practice management solution. The platform automates scheduling, billing, documentation, and client communication. This streamlines administrative and clinical workflows, reducing the administrative burden on independent providers to focus more on patient care.

A flexible API allows custom workflow enhancements. There’s also integration with popular third-party tools like Google Calendar and QuickBooks. Its client portal and automated reminders further simplify patient engagement and retention.

However, its design prioritizes simplicity and broad applicability. SimplePractice’s capabilities are limited when it comes to larger practices, or those requiring advanced group therapy features, multi-provider collaboration, or facility billing. Larger, more specialized practices, especially those with unique program structures like Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) or Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP), or those serving diverse patient populations, often require highly specific and deeply customizable forms and documentation templates. Providers may require workarounds or consideration of a more robust EHR. 

Core platform functionality comparison

Clinical tools and assessment capabilities

MindWise Health’s specialized assessment capabilities

MindWise Health offers an extensive suite of multi-attribute assessment tools specifically designed for mental health practitioners.

The platform features more than 65 validated assessments across multiple categories, including addiction, ADHD, anxiety, autism spectrum, bipolar disorder, depression, eating disorders, OCD, personality, relationships, and stress-related conditions.

MindWise Health includes the complete DSM-5 Level 1 assessment suite with specialized versions for adults, adolescents (11-17), and children (6-17), enabling comprehensive symptom screening across diagnostic categories. The platform's Big 5 Personality Test (BFPT) provides detailed personality profiling alongside other specialized personality assessments like the Empathy Quotient (EQ) and Personality Type Indicator (PTI).

These tools allow clinicians to gather nuanced patient data efficiently across the behavioral health spectrum. The system's mental health-specific documentation templates support various therapeutic modalities and intervention strategies, ensuring comprehensive documentation while reducing administrative burden on mental health specialists.

MindWise Health designed its patient billing and claims processing system for behavioral health workflows. The claims dashboard is behavioral health-specific, with more than 65 automated pre-submission checks and pre-configured CPT codes for psychiatric and mental health services. Additionally, built-in error prevention catches issues before claims leave your system. You’ll be alerted to claims rejections and denials, thanks to an integration with Waystar, the industry-leading healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM) platform.

SimplePractice’s documentation and assessment system

SimplePractice provides several customizable templates like SOAP, DAP, and group therapy notes, as well as specialized intake and treatment plan forms. Its documentation tools streamline clinical workflows, offering:

  • Auto-populated fields
  • Diagnosis-specific ICD-10 code suggestions
  • Integration with Wiley Treatment Planners

While there are some built-in scored assessments for behavioral health, notably the GAD-7 and PHQ-9, it does not have the variety of specialized templates offered by MindWise Health. Larger group practices, multi-provider teams, or organizations needing advanced behavioral health features may also find the platform lacking. 

SimplePractice recently introduced features that allow for automatic insurance status checks (eligibility verification) for many payers, especially for Plus plan users. The platform can now automatically verify whether a client’s insurance is active, needs review, or is inactive, and displays this information in the client’s chart and on the calendar.

The platform’s primary strength lies in its automation and ease of use. SimplePractice centralizes practice management so that clinicians can focus more on client care.

Patient management and engagement

MindWise Health

MindWise Health's patient management system features specialized digital onboarding designed specifically for mental health intake processes. This comprehensive system collects relevant client history before initial appointments. The system uses condition-specific questionnaires that gather essential information while avoiding excessive questioning that might overwhelm patients.

The platform's behavioral and mental health monitoring capabilities track patient progress through 65+ validated assessments across multiple categories, including addiction, anxiety, depression, and personality disorders.

For example, a clinician could potentially use a combination of personality assessments (like the Big 5 Personality Test), mood disorder screenings (such as the Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-9 for depression), and substance use evaluations (like the Addiction Severity Index) to build a comprehensive profile of a patient's mental health status. The AI-enhanced dashboard could then potentially highlight key areas of concern or patterns across these different domains, assisting clinicians in prioritizing care and informing treatment planning.

SimplePractice

SimplePractice’s platform enhances client engagement for solo and small group practices. The secure, HIPAA-compliant patient portal lets patients request, reschedule, or cancel appointments. This reduces administrative burdens and improves flexibility for both clients and providers. Communication through direct messaging, automated appointment reminders, and easy sharing of documents, keeps patients informed and engaged.

Scheduling is intuitive and efficient, with features that allow clinicians to manage appointments, set recurring sessions, and block out unavailable times, all from a centralized calendar.

For follow-up, SimplePractice supports automated reminders and secure messaging, which help maintain continuity of care and reduce no-shows. Patients can also access their health records, educational resources, and treatment plans via the portal.

 

Telehealth capabilities

MindWise Health

The platform's telehealth capabilities are designed to complement MindWise Health's core focus on mental and behavioral health care. As such, the telehealth capabilities are available in the specialized mental health platform, focusing on integration with scheduling and overall practice management to create a streamlined experience for both providers and patients.

This integration ensures that telehealth appointments can be seamlessly incorporated into the platform's scheduling system, eliminating the need for separate telehealth solutions. The user-friendly portal for booking and telehealth sessions (included in Complete and Enterprise plans) is HIPAA-compliant and designed to be accessible and straightforward for patients.

Telehealth is available as a separate, low-cost add-on to our Starter plan, since some providers (like group homes) don’t need that feature.

SimplePractice

SimplePractice includes telehealth in all of its subscription plans. The integration features seamless video sessions directly from the provider’s dashboard and supports up to 15 clients plus the clinician in a group session.

The platform automatically generates secure, HIPAA-compliant links for each appointment. Clients access the platform without logins or passwords.

Appointment reminders with telehealth links are sent automatically, reducing no-shows and streamlining scheduling. This integration allows clinicians to manage scheduling, documentation, and video sessions all within one platform. 

Integration capabilities

MindWise Health

MindWise Health offers EMR integration capabilities designed specifically for mental and behavioral health workflows. The platform focuses on mental health-specific integrations that support specialized clinical documentation and assessment needs. Key integration features include:

  • Seamless assessment integration: A standout strength is the seamless data flow between MindWise’s extensive library of 65+ validated assessments and patient records. This allows clinicians to incorporate assessment results directly into clinical documentation, eliminating redundant data entry
  • All-in-one workflow: The platform enables users to schedule, report, bill and claim all in one easy process with no extra data needed, creating a cohesive ecosystem for mental health practitioners
  • AI-powered compliance: MindWise’s built-in AI generates a dashboard with all the necessary information from clinical notes, ensuring compliance with state licensure requirements and insurance providers’ standards
  • Digital onboarding integration: The platform’s digital onboarding feature integrates with the scheduling system, allowing practices to collect client information before the initial appointment for maximum efficiency
  • Customizable documentation integration: MindWise allows users to customize clinical notes and templates, integrating efficiently with the platform’s documentation system for accurate and tailored agency workflows
  • E-prescribing and lab integrations: MindWise Health is integrated with Quest and LabCorp for labs, and has eRx, EPCS, and PDMP functionality
  • HubSpot integration: Patient data connects to the HubSpot CRM for basic patient communication like emails

SimplePractice

Simple Practice’s integration capabilities are designed to reduce administrative burden, enhance productivity, and ensure seamless data flow for mental health and wellness professionals. Key integration features include:

  • Unified Practice Management: SimplePractice combines scheduling, documentation, billing, and telehealth in one system.
  • Streamlined Workflow: Practitioners manage appointments, process insurance claims, and conduct virtual sessions all from the same platform.
  • Flexible API Integrations: SimplePractice lets users connect with tools like Google Calendar and QuickBooks using its flexible API.
  • Enhanced Referral Automation: The API also helps health plans and employers automate referrals and appointment bookings.

Strengths and limitations

MindWise Health strengths

MindWise Health excels with its specialized focus on mental and behavioral health, offering a comprehensive platform tailored to psychological practice needs. The system's standout feature is its extensive library of 65+ purpose-built assessment tools covering 12 distinct categories. MindWise Health's customizability for specific mental health practices enhances its value for specialized clinics and behavioral health providers.

SimplePractice strengths

SimplePractice shines for solo and small to mid-sized mental health practices. The platform includes a comprehensive toolkit for scheduling, documentation, billing, and telehealth, all in one place. SimplePractice focuses on ease of use, automating routine tasks, and offering customizable templates to streamline administrative work. 

Conclusion

Both EHRs address the needs of behavioral practices.

MindWise Health offers a more robust solution for outcomes-driven care: 

  • An extensive library of over 65+ validated assessments, plus customizable documentation, and AI-enhanced dashboards.
  • Integrated scheduling, billing, clinical documentation, and telehealth.
  • Clinicians, especially those at larger practices, can focus on patient care rather than administrative tasks.

SimplePractice excels as an intuitive, all-in-one solution for solo practitioners and small groups. It automates scheduling, billing, and documentation, and offers a user-friendly interface that makes workflows more efficient. Simple Practice’s flexible API and third-party integrations further simplify administration for independent providers.

Ultimately, the best choice depends on your team’s workflow, size, and clinical goals. Evaluate your needs carefully, and you’ll find the EHR that helps your practice thrive.

To see how MindWise Health can help your organization thrive, contact our team for more information or a personalized demonstration.