STATE AND NATIONAL EXPERTS CHARGED WITH FINDING WAYS TO IMPROVE BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH CARE THROUGH HEALTHTECH PANEL
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- For the past six months, research has been conducted in New Mexico to identify technology-enabled solutions that address challenges to the delivery of behavioral health services to children and adolescents throughout the state. The resulting report and recommendations for change are the focus of an expert panel and workshop taking place in Albuquerque June 9 and 10 at the Nativo Lodge.
The conference, titled "The Future of Behavioral Heath in Children and Adolescents," is being conducted by HealthTech, an independent health care think tank, and funded by ValueOptions(R). HealthTech brings together industry professionals to review and rate ways that technology can influence the behavioral health care of young people in a state that is largely comprised of frontier communities.
Some of the participants include: Bruce Bronzan, former Californian legislator and mental health reform champion; Dr. Adam Darkins, trained neurosurgeon and current Chief Consultant for Care Coordination in the Department of Veterans Affairs; and J.D. Kleinke, author and founder of Health Strategies Network, a health care software development company based in Colorado.
In a letter to the panelists, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson states, "I am thankful to ValueOptions(R) for hosting and supporting this timely HealthTech study and discussion, and I look forward to the resulting recommendations for the betterment of New Mexico's youth."
Others expected to attend the conference will be Barbara Hill, CEO of ValueOptions(R) and Eddy Broadway, CEO of ValueOptions(R) New Mexico. State Senator and health care advocate Dede Feldman will give the keynote speech and State Representative Danice Picraux will provide opening remarks.
This spring, ValueOptions(R) New Mexico has granted a
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