The January 2019 issue of The 405(d) Post from HHS includes a feature article from their Task Group Members discussing the importance of cybersecurity for small practices. Take a look to learn more. Also, visit the spotlight section to learn more about endpoint protections, new HHS resources and cybersecurity news stories the 405(d) team is tracking. Click here, or access from the resource links below!

Join the HITEQ Center, in collaboration with the National Council for Behavioral Health, for a webinar on Documentation Tips when using the Collaborative Care Model for the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety in Primary Care. The webinar provided a brief overview and benefits of the collaborative care model as well as information specific to each of the main staff roles. The role-specific nuances of documentation were highlighted, including considerations for tracking data such as clinical activities accomplished with each patient during the month.

Hear from Your Peers! The HITEQ Center is launching a new webinar series for health centers to learn how their health center peers are using health IT to improve HIV prevention and care. For the first webinar, Using Health IT to Facilitate the Development and Administration of a PrEP Program, Robert Harris from the Community Health Center of Buffalo, Inc. described their whole system approach to develop an IT-supported PrEP program.

Join the HITEQ Center for a webinar on how to develop a social media strategy to improve your health center’s HIV prevention and care outreach. Using the POST (People, Objectives, Strategy, Technology) method, attendees learned how to use social media more efficiently to reach your target audiences. We also reviewed social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, their uses and differences. Attendees received recommendations for social media management and graphic design tools at the end of the discussion. 

Equipping and empowering providers with technology that provides decision support and enables better connection, insight, and overall management of their patients with substance use disorders is key to successful medications for addiction treatment (MAT) programs. Learn about the tools that are helping improve patient engagement, increase adherence to treatment plans, and reduce program dropouts.

Attendees will be able to:
• Provide an understanding of the effectiveness of technology as a tool to improve MAT patient engagement and the quality of treatment.
• Explain approaches for improving the provider experience of running an MAT program.
• Identify the key elements that make outcome information useful as clinical and practice improvement tools.