{"id":35528,"date":"2009-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/11\/10\/technology-summit-addresses-behavioral-health-goals\/"},"modified":"2009-11-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-10T06:00:00","slug":"technology-summit-addresses-behavioral-health-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/11\/10\/technology-summit-addresses-behavioral-health-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology summit addresses behavioral health goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Information technology experts and behavioral health professionals recently gathered to establish a collaborative vision to address Nebraska’s behavioral health care needs.<\/p>\n


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\nAt a meeting earlier this year, UNMC partnered with the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE) for guidance on the development and implementation of the new Nebraska Behavioral Health Education Center (NeBHEC). From left: College of Medicine Dean John Gollan, M.D., Ph.D., NeBHEC Interim Medical Director Susan Boust, M.D., WICHE President David Longanecker and WICHE Vice President of Behavioral Health Dennis Mohatt, who serves as interim administrative director of the NeBHEC. (Andrew E. Nelson, UNMC public relations) <\/span>
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\n<\/TABLE>On Oct. 30, the Nebraska Behavioral Health Education Center (NeBHEC) sponsored the UNMC Behavioral Health Information Technology Summit to discuss cost effective ways to provide behavioral health education and service delivery. <\/p>\n

The NeBHEC — funded earlier this year under LB 603 — addresses the mental health professional work force shortage across the state of Nebraska.<\/p>\n

Although, several UNMC disciplines work on projects designed to deliver behavioral health care and expand the workforce in the state of Nebraska, there is no consistency in the health information technologies and programs used across these programs, said NeBHEC Interim Medical Director Susan Boust, M.D. Instead, each group has developed its own information technology solution. <\/p>\n

“The first step is to get everyone together and see where collaboration can begin,” Dr. Boust said.<\/p>\n

More than 30 key participants from 17 different departments within UNMC participated in the summit including the:
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