Advancing Public Policies for People with Mental Illness, Chemical Dependency or Developmental Disabilities
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SAMHSA Creates New Office of Tribal Affairs and Policy
SAMHSA has created the Office of Tribal Affairs and Policy (OTAP) to serve as SAMHSA's primary point of contact for tribal governments, tribal organizations, federal departments and agencies, and other governments and agencies on behavioral health issues facing American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations in the U.S. More
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August 18 1-4:30 Live Stream
Effective Outreach and Engagement Strategies for Service Members, Veterans, and their Families August 20th 2-3:30 here SAMHSA: The Use of Peer Support in State Correctional Settings
Part i: August 27th 3-4:30
Part 2: September 3rd 3-4:30
Register here.
CHCS Webinar Series: Digital Health & the Underserved
Part 1: Emerging Opportunities Sept 3 1-2:00 here
Part 2: Digital Health Technology in Action: Front Line Perspectives
Sept 10th 1-2:30 here
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AUGUST:
CLMHD/OMH/DOH Health Home Conference Call
August 21st 10:00-11:00 AM
GTM Call in OASAS Residential Restructuring Plan Conference
Call - Go to Meeting
1-2 PM Fiscal Officers' Workgroup
Conference Call August 26th 9-10 AM GTM Call in SEPTEMBER:
Children & Families Commitee Call
Officers & Chairs
Conference Call
Sept 10th
8-9 AM
CLMHD/OMH Housing Conference CallSept 10th
10-11 AM
Developmental Disabilities Committee Call
Sept 15th 11-12 PM CLMHD/OMH/DOH
Health Home Call
Sept 18th
10-11 AM
Mental Hygiene Planning Committee: 41 State St.
Sept 18th 11-2 PM
CLMHD Fall Full
Membership Meeting
September 22-23
Lake Placid Crowne Plaza
Fiscal Officers
Workgroup Call
Sept 30th 9-10 AM Contact CLMHD for all call in information, 518.462.9422
SAVE THE DATE:
CLMHD Committee DayMonday October 27th
10:00-4:00 PM CLMHD Mentoring Workshop
Friday November 7th Albany, NY
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Job Posting: Columbia County
Planner/ Contract Manager
The Columbia County Department of Human Services is currently recruiting for a full time Planner/ Contract Manager (P/CM). Permanent appointment to the position will be provisional pending results of a civil service exam to be given at a later date. The P/CM reports directly to the Columbia County Director of Community Services and is responsible for creation of the counties' Mental Hygiene - Local Government Plan for three designated disability areas: Mental Health, Alcohol and Substance Abuse and Intellectual/ Developmental Disabilities. The P/CM is also responsible for for oversight of the counties' Community Services Board activities, and the mental hygiene contract agencies' performance, service integration, and other such county, region and statewide related activities. This is a Grade 19A Civil Commission position with a Step One annual salary of $52,644. Read more.
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Deadly Stigma: Robin Williams' Suicide Exposes Silent Epidemic
Warm, funny Robin Williams wasn't so alone when he died in an apparent suicide on Monday, leaving behind his grieving family and a nation of bewildered fans. Recently self-harm has been taking more lives annually around the world than war, murder, and natural disasters combined. In more advanced countries, only three causes of death steal more years of life expectancy, according to data prepared last spring by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. Read more.
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SAMHSA: Working to Save Lives
The number of Americans who die by suicide continues to increase. In 2011, suicide accounted for 39,518 deaths in the United States. SAMHSA and its partners are working to reduce deaths by suicide nationwide.
The National Action Alliance on Suicide Prevention - a public/private effort - is leading efforts to reduce the number of deaths by suicide in America by implementing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. The Strategy details priority goals and objectives for reducing suicide.
Learn more about what you can do to prevent suicide with SAMHSA's Suicide Prevention Resource Center, which has customized information sheets for teachers, co-workers, faith community leaders and more. Additional Resources for Suicide Prevention:
Read more.
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 Country's first substance abuse progam for Skilled Nursing Facility residents opens in NYC
Jewish Home Lifecare, based in New York City, is initiating the country's first geriatric substance abuse program based in a nursing home setting.
The program combats a crucial problem in the hospital/post-acute referral process: Many post-acute facilities are not equipped for or willing to accept older people who have known substance abuse issues. Local hospitals that refer seniors to Jewish Home Lifecare will be tapped for coordination of substance abuse support services during transfers-New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center have already partnered with the effort. Read more.
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The New York State residents who live farthest from New York City and its suburbs and purchased health insurance from the individual exchange are likely to see some of the biggest premium increases, because they have the fewest options for shopping around. Read more.
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New Report: Care Management in NYS Health Homes
A new NYSHealth-funded report, prepared by Joslyn Levy & Associates, examines some approaches health home networks in New York are taking to expand and improve care management. The report offers early lessons and promising practices to achieve a comprehensive care management model.
It identifies nine topics that impact the design and delivery of care management in health homes, including the health home network structure, staff member training, caseload balance, and collaboration with care providers.
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OASAS Offering Free Training on OPIOID & Heroin Overdose Prevention
 The training will teach participants how to recognize an overdose, what to do during an overdose, how to provide rescue breathing during an overdose and how to administer naloxone. Upon completion of the training, participants will be certified to administer naloxone and will receive a free naloxone rescue kit. Sign up/Read more.
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New York State's Health Information Highway - SHIN-NY - Get Involved as it Gets Rolling
The Statewide Health Information Network of New York , also referred to as SHIN-NY, is a State-sponsored secure database network that is intended to house patient records, clinical data as well as other critical health care information across the State. The network is designed to be an "information highway" which will enable New York clinicians and patients access to a comprehensive medical record and supplementary functions from virtually any location.[1] After several years of slow progress, the project is finally gaining momentum. SHIN-NY was originally developed to meet the needs of the New York health care system as an information technology networking tool which will enable sharing of health care records and related information among patients, providers, public health officials and the rest of the health care industry as a means of improving the efficiency and quality of care among the State's various participants in the health care industry. As a result, SHIN-NY has been dubbed a "public utility" of clinical health information with participating health care providers growing the network by adding relevant information. Read more. |
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Global Payments: A Key Step Towards Totally Accountable Care
The Affordable Care Act is supporting state efforts to drive reimbursement for health care away from fee-for-service payments -- which reward volume of services -- toward paying for quality. Some of these new payment models have become prevalent in accountable care organizations, which hold providers financially responsible for quality improvement and patient outcomes. But do these payment reforms go far enough to encourage true. Read more.
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NADD: Fall 2014 Webinar Series
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Is offering 15 webinars in its Fall 2014 Webinar Series beginning September 16th, 2014. Click here for details. |
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