[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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