[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 53789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21213]
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OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
Technology Innovations for Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Treatment Conference & Related Health Information Technology (HIT)
Meeting
AGENCY: Office of National Drug Control Policy.
ACTION: Notice.
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Location: Eisenhower Executive Office Building, South Court
Auditorium.
DATES: Monday, September 16, 2013; Tuesday September 17, 2013.
Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
SUMMARY: The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) in
partnership with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology, and the National Institutes of Health's Office
of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, will host a Technology
Innovations for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Conference
highlighting promising innovations for treating these disorders. This
conference will bring together innovators in technology and health care
experts promoting the dissemination of innovative, evidence-based
technologies that advance prevention, treatment, and recovery for these
disorders. The conference will be held on September 16, 2013 from 8:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the South Court Auditorium, Eisenhower Executive
Office Building, 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington
DC, 20500.
The goal of this conference is to highlight advances in health
information technologies (HIT) for behavioral health, and promote
technology advances and dissemination of evidence-based tools that
address patient safety and the advancement of successful prevention,
treatment and recovery. The specific conference objectives are to: (1)
Promote evidence-based tools to advance treatment of substance use and
mental health disorders; (2) advance the Administration's 2010 National
Drug Control Strategy blueprint and the HIT initiatives at SAMHSA and
the Office of the National Coordinator; and (3) encourage the use of
technologies to improve health, improve quality of care, and increase
patient engagement.
On Tuesday, September 17, SAMHSA and ONDCP are holding a smaller
meeting with state representatives and health system administrators on
HIT systems to discuss technical issues and obtain experiential and
anecdotal information from each of the attendees. This group will not
be deliberating or providing consensus advice or recommendations to
SAMHSA or ONDCP. The meeting will be held 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the
5th Floor Conference Room of ONDCP at 750 17th Street NW., Washington
DC, 20503.
Members of the public who wish to attend on either day are required
to call ONDCP's Technology Innovations for Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Treatment Conference telephone line at (202) 395-5696 to reserve
a seat and arrange building access by no later than Monday, September
9, 2013. Seating for members of the public is limited and will be
assigned on a first call, first served basis. The September 16
conference will be live-streamed on-line for members of the public who
wish to observe, and conference material will be available to the
public following the meeting. Go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp for
more information.
To Attend or For Further Information
Contact: June Sivilli at (202) 395-5696 or email
[email protected].
Dated: August 27, 2013.
Daniel S. Rader,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2013-21213 Filed 8-29-13; 8:45 am]
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