NIDA CTN electronic medical records (EMR) workshop.
This workshop, held in Bethesda, MD, on September 24, 2010, addressed a number of issues related to the present status and future prospects for adoption of e-technology innovations in substance use treatment. The major topics included: 1) current use of e-technology in community-based substance use treatment programs, 2) implementing an electronic information system to enhance practice at an opioid treatment program, 3) a panel discussion on institutional or agency challenges, barriers, and benefits to implementing EMR, and 4) the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s recommendations for use of EMR in the field.
Specific presentations were:
U.S. National Drug Control Strategy: Health Care Reform and Electronic Health Records – June S. Sivilli, Sr. Advisor, Office of Demand Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
Development of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) in Substance Use Disorders – Betty Tai, PhD, Director, Center for the Clinical Trials Network, NIDA
Common Data Elements (CDEs): A Perspective from the National Cancer Institute and the caBIG Program – Dianne M. Reeves, RN, MSN, National Cancer Institute Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology
Process of EMR/CDE Initiative: A Panel – EMMES staff
An Electronic Information System to Enhance Practice at an Opioid Treatment Program – Lawrence S. Brown, Jr., MD, MPH, FASAM, Addiction Research & Treatment Corporation, NY
Medical Records in Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Centers: Data Standards Needed to Get You There – Clement J. McDonald, MD, Director, Lister Hill Center for Biomedical Communications, US National Library of Medicine
Review of EMR Questions – EMMES Staff
Synthesis of Questions for the Four Main Substance Abuse Domains Based on CTP and HCP Intake Forms (a PDF chart)