The National Summit on
Defining a Strategy for Behavioral Health Information Management
and Its Role within the National Health Information Infrastructure

American Educational Development Conference Center, 8th Floor
1825 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C.

Program Agenda

Day One - Thursday September 29. 2005

7:00 a.m.     Registration and Continental Breakfast

7:30 a.m.     Welcome and Introductions
                   
Tom Trabin, Ph.D., M.S.M., Summit Organizer and Executive Director, SATVA
                   
SAMHSA and the Importance of Information Management for Behavioral Health
                   
Stephanie Colston, MA., Senior Advisor to the Administrator, SAMHSA for
                    Charles Curie, MA., ACSW, Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
                        Services Administration

8:00 a.m.     The Emerging Nationwide Health Information Infrastructure: Benefits
                    and Opportunities

                   
Keynote Speaker: David Brailer, M.D., National Coordinator of Health
                    Information Technology

9:00 a.m.     SAMHSA Data Initiative and other Informatics Opportunities for Behavioral
                    Health Treatment and Prevention Services

                   
Javaid Kaiser, Ph.D. Acting Director, Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA
                    Ron Manderscheid, Ph.D., Chief Survey and Analysis Branch, Center
                        for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA
                    Mady Chalk, Ph.D., Director, Division of Services Improvement, Center
                        for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA
                    Beverlie Fallik, Ph.D., Senior Public Health Analyst and CSAP Data Coordinator
                        Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA
                    John Paton, Past Chair and Board Member, Software and Technology
                        Vendors’ Association

                    Questions and Comments

10:30 a.m.    Break

10:45 a.m.    General Session Panel: Informatics Opportunities and Issues for Behavioral Health
                    Settings Related to: Privacy Concerns in the Emerging NHIN

                   
Mark Rothstein, M.D., Chair, Privacy Committee, National Committee for
                        Vital and Health Statistics
                   
Complexities of Reimbursement and Reporting Requirements
                   
Susan Fox, Ph.D., Founder, Fox Systems, Inc.
                   
Adoption of Electronic Health Record Systems
                   
Claudia Roth, Ph.D., President, Western Psychiatric Institute
                    Deni Carise, Ph.D., Director, Treatment Systems Research Section, Treatment
                        Research Institute

                   Questions and Comments

12:15 p.m.   Lunch

1:15 pm       Concurrent Workgroups: *Participants are required to remain in assigned groups*
                    Focus: Challenges & Opportunities

Workgroup 1: Developing and Maintaining Nationwide Behavioral Health
Informatics Standards

Workgroup 2: Developing and Maintaining Nationwide Initiatives to Facilitate
Increased Adoption of Electronic Health Record Systems by Behavioral Health
Services and their Participation in Health Information Networks

Workgroup 3: Addressing Issues within Behavioral Health Organizations to
Improve their Implementation and Effective use of Information Management and
Electronic Health Record Systems

Workgroup 4: Addressing the Complexities of Reimbursement, Regulatory and
Reporting Requirements

Workgroup 5: Addressing Issues for Consumers and their Family Members and for
Clinicians and Other Service Providers Related to Adoption of Electronic Health
Record Systems

Workgroup 6: Facilitating Interconnectivity and Information Exchange between
Mental health and Substance Abuse Treatment and prevention, and other Service
Systems

2:45 p.m.     Break

3:00 p.m.     Report back of discussion groups to the larger session with panel discussion and
                   audience participation

4:45 p.m.     Adjourn

Day Two - September 30, 2005

7:30 a.m.     Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.     Summary of Day One, review of agenda for Day Two
                   Tom Trabin, Ph.D., Summit Organizer and Executive Director, Software and
                        Technology Vendors’ Association

8:45 a.m.     Benefits of an Electronic Health Record and Other Uses of Technology for
                   Delivery of Behavioral Healthcare Services

                  
Kathleen Lysell, Psy.D., Associate Chief Consultant for Informatics, Mental Health
                       Strategic Healthcare Group, VA Pac Islands Healthcare System

9:30 a.m.     Case Study of Successful Development and Implementation of New Data
                    Standards for Behavioral Health Treatment and Prevention

                   
Vijay Ganju, Ph.D., Director, Center for Mental Health Quality and
                        Accountability, NASMHPD National Research Institute
                    Kathleen Nardini, M.A., Senior AOD Systems Research Analyst, NASADAD

                   Questions and Comments

10:30 a.m.    Break

10:45 a.m.    Concurrent Workgroups: *Participants are required to remain in assigned groups*
                     Focus: Solutions and Action Plans.

12:15 p.m.    Lunch

1:15 p.m.     Concurrent Workgroups: *Participants are required to remain in assigned groups*
                    Focus: Action Plan and Next Steps.

2:45 p.m.     Break

3:00 p.m.     Report back of discussion workgroups to larger session with panel discussion and
                   audience participation regarding next steps

4:45 p.m.     Adjourn