The State Perspective: A Strategy for EMR Deployment and Technology Adoption

November 11, 2010 This presentation, by Hao Wang, Ph.D., Deputy Commissioner and Chief Information Officer, New York State Office of Mental Health, was given at the 2010 OPEN MINDS Institute for Behavioral Health Informatics. During this session, Mr. Wang discussed issues of informatics, Electronic Health Record, EMR selection and implementation, Return on Investment, and health data sharing. The presentation covers; the current state, and new developments, of behavioral health informatics, the critical importance of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) to behavioral healthcare and the value proposition of EMRs, and the EMR selection process at OMH in the past 4 years . . .