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, 8
th FloorProgram Agenda
Day One - Thursday September 29. 2005
7:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
8:00 a.m. The Emerging Nationwide
Health Information Infrastructure: Benefits
and Opportunities
9:00 a.m. SAMHSA Data Initiative and
other Informatics Opportunities for Behavioral
Health Treatment and Prevention Services
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
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
8:45 a.m. Benefits of an Electronic
Health Record and Other Uses of Technology for
Delivery of Behavioral Healthcare Services
9:30 a.m. Case Study of Successful
Development and Implementation of New Data
Standards for Behavioral Health Treatment and Prevention
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