CTBH leadership gave the Keynote Addresses at a series of three regional summits organized by The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to promote the use of health information technology in recovery.
The SAMHSA summits, organized as part of the Bringing Recover Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS), brought together developers of technology-based approaches with providers and recovery specialists for a two-day meeting to explore how different technologies are being used to deliver evidence-base care across the care continuum, discuss the challenges and opportunities of technology based approaches, and dialogue together about how to promote use of technology to support person-centered, recovery-oriented care delivery. The summits included demonstrations of an array of technology-based recovery products, including video and teleconferencing platforms, social media support groups, decision support systems, and mobile recovery support tools. Workshops focused on issues related to privacy and ethics with the use of technologies, advancing the reach of peer workforces through health information technology, the role of social media in recovery, and strategies for facilitating implementation of technology-based care approaches.
Sarah Lord, CTBH Director of Dissemination and Implementation, presented the Keynote at the first summit, held in Atlanta, GA. Aimee Campbell, Ph.D., of New York State Psychiatric Institute presented the Keynote at the summit in Reno, NV, and CTBH Director Lisa Marsch closed the series by delivering the Keynote at the final summit in Kansas City, MO.
CTBH additionally led a similar Keynote Address for the National Frontier and Rural (NFAR) Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network (ATTC) for their annual Addiction Treatment Technology Summit in Chicago, IL. A downloadable video of this presentation is available at the ATTC Network’s website.