Sustainable Futures: Why Behavioral Health Needs Technology Innovation
With the ever-evolving landscape of behavioral health service delivery, technology has played a significant role in how successful organizations care for their patients and improve their practices. As many organizations plan for the new year, building a strategy that includes stronger technology integration is crucial. In this webinar we will examine how technology has been useful in supporting sustainability for behavioral health organization, and how it allows for innovation in service delivery, staff management and support, and patient care. We will also offer practical strategies for how technology can be leveraged in your organization to propel you towards success.
Learning Objectives:Â
- Articulate the technology strategies used by behavioral health organizations to support sustainability
- Compare how technology adoption allows for innovation across service delivery, staff management and support, and patient care
- Identify one strategy to implement in to promote the success of your organization
Featured Speakers
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Rola Aamar, PhD, Senior Clinical Effectiveness Consultant, ReliasDr. Rola Aamar completed her PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy from Texas Tech University, where she focused her clinical research on vulnerable populations and the importance of treatment alliance between patients, the family, and healthcare providers. Dr. Aamar was a SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program fellow from 2014-2015. She has over a decade of behavioral health clinical experience working with multidisciplinary healthcare teams in primary and specialty treatment where she implemented clinical protocols to address social and relational barriers of care. She is currently the clinical effectiveness consultant at Relias for behavioral health, bringing her clinical and operational knowledge of integrated care, clinical research, and behavioral healthcare to support organizational technology integration to improve clinical performance and patient health outcomes. In this role, she provides clinically informed, data-driven consulting to clients to promote performance improvement.
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Vicki Ittel, Ph.D., MBA Director, Behavioral Health Solutions, ReliasDr. Vicki Ittel, Ph.D., MBA is the Director of Behavioral Health Solutions for Relias. In that role, Dr. Ittel works with payers, providers, professional trade organizations, and government entities to design and apply digital analytical solutions that improve patient outcomes and create systemic change. Prior to joining Relias, Dr. Ittel held C-level positions at several national health plans and formed several companies providing Medication Assisted Treatment to individuals with opioid use disorder. Dr. Ittel is passionate and committed to using innovative technological applications in healthcare transformation.

Registration for this executive web briefing has been provided at no charge courtesy of Relias.
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