Wednesday, March 21
2:45 – 4:15 p.m.

W1: Blending eLearning and Social Media Into Instructional Design
Kevin Mehnert, NHS Human Services
Amy Lantz, BS, NHS Human Services
Samuel A. Skeba, MS, NHS Human Services
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In today’s complex economic and regulatory environment, organizing knowledge and communication is both an imperative and a challenge. In this workshop we will explore a hybridized learning solution that blends eLearning and social media with competency-based instructional design and the benefits of using social media tools to create online learning communities.

W2: Pennsylvania Medical Assistance Electronic Health Record Incentive Program – Year Two
Matt McGeorge, Office of Medial Assistance Programs
Pamela Zematis, Office of Medical Assistance Programs
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Pennsylvania launched its electronic health record incentive program in June 2011. Join this presentation to learn how to complete the next steps, including meaningful use attestations and collaboration in the statewide health information exchange.

W3: Data Breaches and Your Employment Status
Joseph Harford, MS, CIPP, CSDS, Reclamere
A growing body of disclosure law governing security breaches and data loss incidents, coupled with “the professional nature” of the threats, is fueling an expanded focus on incident response, digital forensics, evidence collection, and proactive fraud detection. Attendees will be introduced to responsibilities, typical security challenges, and ultimate consequences for data breaches.  Special emphasis will be placed on the requirements, responsibility, processes, and procedures needed to provide a rapid and reliable incident response capability.

W4: Using the iPod Touch to Improve Quality of Lives of Individuals with Autism
Alison Allen, EdD, Keystone Human Services Mid Atlantic 
Kaori Nepo, MEd, BCBA, Autism Life Support  
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This technology grant project awarded by Autism Delaware incorporated the use of the iPod Touch into interventions of adults living with autism to improve communication, organization, and leisure skills. Inter-observer agreement data was collected to assess the project integrity. The authors will present innovative, evidence-based interventions and results and discuss limitations and methods of overcoming barriers to the research project.     

Thursday, March 22
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

W5: Meaningful Use and Health Homes:  Implications for Behavioral Health Integration
Michael R. Lardiere, LCSW, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
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This session will provide a crosswalk of meaningful use and medical home criteria.  Specific emphasis will be placed on the integration of behavioral health and primary care services and how technology can assist providers to move forward with integrated models of service. 

W6: Tweeting, Friending, and Tagging: Why You Need to Know What This Means
Courtney Young, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
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With this social media primer learn the basics of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and, more importantly, which one is right for you. Explore how these tools can expand support of organizational goals, gain concrete tips and guidelines for your own social media efforts, and walk away with next steps for your organization.

W7: Cognitive Enhancement Therapy: Physical Therapy for the Brain*
Ray Gonzalez, ACSW, LISW-S, Center for Cognition and Recovery
Jeff White, MHS, JEVS Human Services
George Corona, Mercy Behavioral Health
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Cognitive Enhancement Therapy (CET), a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration-recognized evidence-based practice, improves cognitive skills and social cognition for persons recovering from mental illness. During 48 weekly sessions of computer exercises, psychosocial groups, and individual coaching, individuals learn to be socially wise and vocationally effective. CET groups average 85 – 90 percent attendance and graduation rates. Workshop attendees will gain an understanding of how CET promotes recovery by participating in a topical CET session that includes a specialized computer exercise and an interactive cognitive exercise.

Thursday, March 22
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

W8: HIT Me! – Take the Gamble out of Funding Health Information Technology
Karen L. Chrestay, TURN
Matthew Weinstein, TURN
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Meaningful use incentives can only go so far. Health information technology isn’t just an electronic health record, it’s an organization-wide strategy connecting you to the entire health care industry and it's expensive. Fortunately, new resources are emerging every day. Go beyond grants and learn to identify opportunities and develop enduring strategic relationships with new funding partners.

W9: Mac or PC – Has the Tide Turned?
Stephen Piazza, InfoMC
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The future of health care information systems looks more like a Mac and less like a Windows PC. To many people, that’s a scary thought. The iPad, iPhone, and iCloud are game changers and will dramatically alter how health care clinicians use technology. Join this intriguing and entertaining discussion as the two platforms are dissected and compared.

W10: Reassignment of EHR Incentives
Thomas E. Sweeney, Tsoules, Sweeney, Martin & Orr, LLC
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The HITECH Act and final regulations permit an eligible professional (EP) to reassign payment of electronic health record (EHR) incentives to “…their employer or to an entity with which they have a contractual arrangement allowing the employer or entity to bill and receive payment for the EP’s covered professional services.” (§ 495.10(f))  This program will review legal requirements and issues related to reassignment of EHR incentives and applicable contract terms. Any reassignment of payment must be consistent with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including those related to reassignment and fraud, waste, and abuse.  The presenter will also discuss state oversight responsibilities, including audit issues related to reassignment of EHR incentives and meaningful use.

W11 The HITECH Act’s Proposed Privacy Rule: Are You Prepared?
Brad Rostolsky, Reed Smith, LLP
Tim Casey, Allegheny HealthChoices, Inc.
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As the US Department of Health and Human Services continues to make modifications to regulations associated with federal privacy and security requirements, attention must be given to the manner and extent to which individuals must be informed about who has accessed their protected health information. This focus must take into account the myriad of organizational relationships dedicated to improving behavioral health care. This workshop will provide information on how these changes will impact agency operations.

W12: Telepsychiatry Past, Present, and Future: Increasing Access to Care and Improving Behavioral Health Integration Within New Settings*
Geoffrey Boyce, MBA, InSight Telepsychiatry      
Mike Miller, CFG Health Network
James R. Varrell, MD, CFG Health Network
Lindy Coder, NHS Human Services
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Using the most common applications for telepsychiatry as its foundation, this presentation will focus on newly evolving applications and settings for telepsychiatry and highlight the relevant technical, operational, regulatory, and clinical issues for leaders. The presentation draws on research of telepsychiatry and will emphasize best practices in evidence-based medicine derived from real world experience.  Highlighting telepsychiatry’s developing frontier with integrated care, the presentation will close with a discussion on the future and possibilities for mobile and home-based telepsychiatry services.

W13: Social Media and Government Advocacy
Roy Wells, Triad Strategies
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The evolution of social media provides new and important communication channels for the advocacy efforts of non-profits.  Strategies developed to leverage these channels effectively will determine your level of success in reaching important decision-makers and influencers.  This session will introduce you to some of these channels and provide a process for developing and implementing a social media platform to support your overall advocacy efforts.

Thursday, March 22
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

W14: Creating a Unified County Information System
Jennifer L. Koppel, Lancaster County MH/MR/EI
Richard Mutzel, Lancaster County MH/MR/EI
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This workshop will demonstrate how a county MH/MR program can use technology in the development of a multi-department human services system. The program includes claims/fiscal management, a provider web portal, accommodations for electronic signatures, electronic health records, and electronic billing. The outcome is a fully electronic solution to manage all aspects of being a payer and a payee, as well as managing multiple categorical funds and service delivery processes.

W15: Navigating Social Media: What Providers and Employers Need to Know
Renee H. Martin, JD, MSN, RN, Tsoules, Sweeney, Martin & Orr, LLC  
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Social media creates a myriad of unique employment and confidentiality issues for mental health and substance abuse providers. This session will focus on legal considerations for developing social media policies to ensure human resource practices do not run afoul of employment laws and simultaneously incorporate sound HIPAA breach practices.

W16: Protecting Your Organization in EHR and Health IT Contracts
Steven J. Fox, Post & Schell, PC
Vadim Schick, Post & Schell, PC
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Providers considering or actively pursuing the acquisition of health information technology (HIT) products, including electronic health records, should review and (where applicable) expand standard terms and conditions of contracts in light of provisions of the HITECH Act. Key contractual provisions in HIT license and services agreements will be examined in this workshop.

W17: Web Accessibility: What is It and How do We Achieve It?
Dan Allen, Drexel University 
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Web accessibility for users with disabilities is a growing concern for many organizations. However, there is confusion on what is meant by accessibility and how best to achieve it. This presentation provides the necessary overview and then delves into specific strategies for creating web content that all web site visitors can access.

W18: Trends in Online Health and Wellness: Expanding Care Options*
Scott R. Cousino, myStrength, Inc.
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In the past year, over 58 million US adults have actively searched for mental health information online. The Internet offers a meaningful opportunity to extend mental health resources and complement traditional care while helping address the obstacles of cost, stigma, and access that inhibit many from receiving appropriate support. This presentation will focus on emerging trends in online behavioral health and best practices for web-based engagement, with particular emphasis on community/county behavioral health systems and clients. myStrength, Inc., a Denver-based online health and wellness company, currently partners with two of the largest community health systems in Colorado (over 250 clinicians) and will share practical illustrations of the role the Internet in extending care and support.

*The presenters of these workshops have indicated that they have a real or perceived conflict of interest related to the presentations.