Checkpoint EHR and The Hope Institute Announce Partnership to Expand Access Suicide Prevention Care
This Partnership combines The Hope Institute’s groundbreaking suicide treatment methodology with Checkpoint EHR’s behavioral health technology infrastructure to help providers deliver life-saving care more effectively.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Checkpoint EHR, a leading Electronic Health Record platform serving behavioral health providers nationwide, today announced an exclusive partnership with The Hope Institute (THI), a pioneering organization dedicated to transforming suicide prevention and crisis care through evidence-based treatment models.
Under the agreement, Checkpoint EHR becomes the exclusive technology and EHR platform supporting The Hope Institute Methodology, a specialized approach to treating suicidal ideation and suicide risk that is helping reshape how communities respond to one of the most urgent public health challenges facing the United States.
More than 16 million Americans experience serious thoughts of suicide each year, while traditional systems of care often struggle to provide rapid access to specialized, suicide-focused treatment. The Hope Institute was created to address this gap by delivering evidence-based outpatient care designed specifically for individuals experiencing suicidal thoughts, helping clients move from crisis to stability through proven approaches including Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
“We believe every person experiencing suicidal thoughts deserves immediate access to effective, evidence-based care,” said Derek Lee, Founder and CEO of The Hope Institute. “This partnership allows us to further strengthen our clinical model while equipping providers with the technology infrastructure needed to deliver suicide-focused treatment consistently, efficiently, and at scale.”
Through the partnership, Checkpoint EHR will develop and maintain specialized platform capabilities that support The Hope Institute Methodology, including customized clinical documentation tools, treatment workflows, outcomes tracking, and future research initiatives designed to advance the understanding and treatment of suicidality.
The collaboration also creates a pathway for behavioral health organizations interested in implementing The Hope Institute Methodology. Agencies referred through The Hope Institute network will receive preferred pricing on Checkpoint EHR, helping reduce barriers to adopting both the clinical model and supporting technology infrastructure.
“This partnership represents exactly the type of work that inspires our team,” said Joe Murphy, CEO of Checkpoint EHR. “The Hope Institute is tackling one of the most difficult and important challenges in behavioral healthcare. By combining their innovative clinical methodology with Checkpoint’s behavioral health infrastructure, we have an opportunity to help providers save lives, improve outcomes, and expand access to care for individuals who need it most.”
A key component of the partnership includes collaboration around de-identified outcomes data and research efforts intended to further validate and improve suicide-focused treatment approaches. As adoption grows, the partnership aims to support providers, researchers, and communities working together to better understand what interventions are most effective in helping individuals achieve long-term stability and recovery.
The partnership also includes ongoing co-marketing, educational initiatives, and provider outreach efforts designed to increase awareness of suicide-specific treatment options and help behavioral health organizations implement best practices for addressing suicidality.
For Checkpoint EHR, the partnership aligns closely with its mission of serving behavioral health providers through technology that improves outcomes, operational efficiency, and access to care. For The Hope Institute, it provides an exclusive technology partner committed to investing in the infrastructure necessary to scale its methodology while maintaining fidelity to its evidence-based approach.
Together, the organizations hope to accelerate the adoption of effective suicide prevention and intervention strategies across behavioral health settings nationwide.
“At the end of the day, this partnership is about hope,” added Murphy. “Hope for providers, hope for families, and most importantly, hope for individuals who may feel like they have nowhere else to turn.”
About The Hope Institute
The Hope Institute is a specialized outpatient mental health organization focused exclusively on suicide prevention, crisis intervention, and the treatment of suicidal ideation. Through evidence-based approaches including CAMS and DBT, The Hope Institute provides rapid access to care, helping individuals move from crisis to stability while reducing reliance on costly and restrictive levels of care. The organization operates across multiple states and continues expanding access to suicide-focused treatment nationwide.
About Checkpoint EHR
Checkpoint EHR is an intuitive and highly efficient Electronic Health Record platform built specifically for behavioral health organizations. Serving providers across the country, Checkpoint EHR helps agencies improve revenue performance, streamline operations, maintain compliance, and scale with confidence through enterprise-grade behavioral health infrastructure. Checkpoint EHR specializes in supporting Medicaid-focused outpatient behavioral health organizations with clinical, operational, and billing workflows.
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Checkpoint EHR
https://checkpointehr.com
The Hope Institute
https://www.thehopeinstitute.net