This project is supported by the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Contract No. 280-94-0014
Principal support provided by FMHSRN, a technical assistance center
funded by the U.S. Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA, DHHS
Conference Site:
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, Colorado November 9-10, 1997
Purpose and Goal
To provide western state mental health directors and policy makers with a fundamental
understanding of the composition and range of current policies, practices, funding
opportunities, and other issues in the provision of telemental health services to rural
and "frontier" county populations.
8:00-8:30 a.m. Coffee (Colorado Psychiatric Hospital, Room 2H17)
8:30-9:10 Welcome and Overview of Frontier/Rural Mental Health Services
James Ciarlo, PhD, Project Director, FMHSRN
Dennis F. Mohatt, Director, WICHE Mental Health Program
9:10-10:00 Review of the Current Situation in Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Frontier/Rural Telemental Health Services (TMHS)
Walter LaMendola, PhD, Consultant and member, FMHSRN
Kathryn Magruder, Office of Rural Mental Health Research, NIMH
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:30 Emerging State Models of TMHS Organization and Delivery
Jacquee Peebles & Michael McGrath, MD, Hawaii Dept. of Health
Rob Sprang, MBA, Kentucky Telecare Project
11:30-12:00 Discussion (Break-out) Groups on Current Western State Situations and Trends in TMHS
Each group has resource persons and a rapporteur-James Ciarlo, Lee Green, or Amy Barkin
12:00-1:15 p.m. Lunch on your own (cafeteria or nearby restaurants)
1:15-1:20 Brief Summary of Morning Break-out Groups
Amy Barkin, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
James Ciarlo, FMHSRN
1:20-1:50 Information Technologies and Telemental Health Services: Definitions, System Requirements, and Applications
Walter LaMendola, PhD, Consultant and member, FMHSRN
1:50-2:20 Key Issues in Telemental Health Services: Panel Presentations
Chair: Lee Green, formerly Clinical Coordinator, High Plains Rural Health (Telemedicine)
Network
TMHS Providers and Delivery Protocols
Thelma McClosky-Armstrong, Eastern Montana Telemedicine Network
2:20-2:35 Break
2:35-3:05
Services, Costs, and Program Sustainability
Catherine Britain, RODEO NET, Eastern Oregon
3:05-3:40 Discussion (Break-out) Groups on Working Agendas for Western States in TMHS Delivery
Each group has resource persons and a rapporteur
3:40-3:45 Brief Summary of Afternoon Break-out Groups
James Ciarlo, FMHSRN
Amy Barkin, ORHP
3:45-4:00 Transfer to Electronic Classroom, Room 2940, School of Nursing
4:00-5:00 Interactive Telemental Health Services Demonstrations
Demonstrations of MH service delivery: Psychiatric evaluation and psychiatric social casework via two-way interactive video, between the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC) and the Eastern Montana Telemedicine Network (EMTN) in Billings, MT.
Chair: Walter LaMendola, PhD, Consultant and FMHRN member
Gordon Neligh, MD, UCHSC Division of Community Psychiatry
Kathy Keavney, LCSW, UCHSC/Colorado Psychiatric Hospital
Tammie Nelson, EMTN (consumer role-player)
8:00-8:30 a.m. Coffee (Electronic Classroom, Room 2940, School of Nursing)
8:30-9:45 Introduction of the APPAL-LINK Network of SW Virginia
Live demonstration of a psychiatric medication review and case management with an aftercare patient via two-way interactive video; and continued two-way interactive discussion of TMHS between APPAL-LINK staff and UCHSC Institute participants.
Chair: Walter LaMendola, PhD, Consultant and FMHSRN member
Henry Smith, LCSW, APPAL-LINK Consortium Chair and Director of Mental Health Services at Cumberland Mountain Community Services
Clifford Hall, MD, SW Virginia Mental Health Institute
Other APPAL-LINK staff (to be introduced)
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-11:00 Overview of Current Federal and State Policy Framework via two-way interactive video
Chair: Amy Barkin, ORHP
Dena Puskin and Cathy Wasem, ORHP, and (federal) Joint Working Group on Telemedicine
11:00-11:15 Transfer to Colorado Psychiatric Hospital, Room 2H17
11:15-11:45 Current Federal TMHS-related Legislation and FCC Funding Opportunities
Phyllis Albritton, Consultant and former telemedicine lobbyist
11:45-1:00 p.m. Lunch on your own (cafeteria or nearby restaurants)
1:00-2:00 Training Issues and Resources for State TMHS Systems
Nancy Cobble, SW Montana Telepsychiatry Network
Catherine Britain, RODEO NET
2:00-2:50 Discussion and Problem-Solving (Break-out) Groups on Frontier/Rural TMHS Issues and Implementation by States
Each group has resource persons and a rapporteur
Note: One group will focus on the details of completing applications for FCC funding of state/local TMHS projects, with Phyllis Albritton
(FCC funding commences 1/98)
2:50-3:00 Break
3:00-3:05 Brief Summary of Afternoon Break-out Groups
James Ciarlo, FMHSRN
Amy Barkin, ORHP
3:05-3:35 Managed Medical/Behavioral Healthcare and Rural Telemental Health Services
Harold Goldsmith, PhD, representing Ronald Manderscheid, PhD, Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA
3:35-4:00 Summary of Institute Proceedings and Concluding Remarks
Amy Barkin, ORHP
Walter LaMendola, PhD, Consultant and FMHSRN member
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