May 01, 2004
AATP May 1st 2004 Meeting
The AATP Meeting is in progress and so far quite interesting and thought provoking. The Keynote speaker Jeff Gold, MD presented a fascinating and innovative Online Web Based Mulimedia Education.
He demonstrated the interactive online curriculum put together by the THORACIC SURGERY DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
Information can be found on the website http://tsda.org
Michell Newman, PhD then described the use of handheld based computers to assist in CBT treatment of panic disorder.
SQL Clinic is open source electronic medical record presented by Marianne DiTommasso and Tom Good. This electronic clinical charting software application is designed for providers of residential, supported housing and case management programs that serve persons with severe and persistent mentalillness and/or persons with mental illness and chemical abuse.
More information can be found at http://www.sqlclinic.net
Tasha Glenn, PhD presented an update on Chrono Record, a software for patients to record daily mood, sleep, medication and life events as well as weekly events (such as weight) A friendly, easy to use interface facilitates information entry. Mood charts can be generated 30, 60, 90 day charts for both clinicians and patients. Research presented showed that this is viable and novel way to obtain valuable clinical information and increase patient participation in their treatment. This study has been published in Bipolar Disorder journal.
Dr Glenn also discussed that the use of a computer for self-reporting does not induce bias in clinical data collection.
ChronoRecord
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Trevor Cohen, MB,ChB discussed how most clinical discharge summaries are narrative text and there are unfortunately wide discrepancies among various discharge summaries. Using a natural language processor called MedLEE, he studied the possibility of extracting important and crucial clinical data from these summaries
Thomas White of the New York State Office of Mental Health presented PSYCKES. The Pharmacy Service and Clinical Knowledge Enhancement System (PSYCKES) decision support software enables individuals, providers, program managers, and State and local leadership to understand the range of medications prescribed, their relationship to best practice guidelines, and their course of effectiveness in treating the individual's health and mental health needs.
Edward Rynearson, MD, medical director of the Homicide Support Project at the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, presented powerful and moving issues about interventions for families of individuals who died a violent death. He is currently using video conferencing to work with families in Israel and Palestine to facilitate treatment.
Dr. Rynearson's book is Retelling Violent Death
The Violent Death Bereavement Society
Ron Kraus, PhD discussed the issues of online therapy and a new AMA CPT billing code that allows for online evaluation & management provided by a physician, using the Internet or similar electronic communications network, in response to a patient’s request, with an established patient.
He discussed the American & International Association of Online Psychotherapists (AAOP.com) that educates clinicians and the public about online resources as well as to promote ethical standards for online counseling.
Dr. Kraus' book Online Counseling: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals