Most neurofeedback clinicians today run four tools to deliver one session: streaming software (BrainPaint, EEGer, BioExplorer), a separate EHR (SimplePractice, TherapyNotes), a separate billing tool, and a separate report generator.
The streaming tools are 25-year-old Windows software because the field is small and the legacy tools work. The EHRs are general-purpose mental-health platforms because the major EHR vendors don't see neurofeedback as a vertical worth specializing for.
The economic pressure to unify these has been weak — until consumer fNIRS hardware (Mendi, Muse Athena, Sens.ai) cracked the price point at $299–500 in 2024–2025. Suddenly clinicians could prescribe at-home neurofeedback the way they prescribe Headspace.
That changed the math. A clinic running Mendi at home + clinic check-ins needs one record across the two contexts. The legacy EHRs can't see the signals; the streaming tools can't bill insurance. Hence EEGBase. The clinical layer that ties consumer hardware to clinic workflow.
What 'tying together' actually means: when a Mendi at-home session ends, the SOAP note draft is waiting for the clinician's next morning. When the clinic visit happens, the live signals are visible during the HIPAA video call. When discharge happens, the CMS-1500 has the right CPT codes already filled in. None of this is rocket science — it's just that nobody had a reason to build it until consumer hardware made the at-home → clinic loop economically dense.