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Using Data to Understand Systems of Care. New Hampshire Planning Council Presentation. Concord, NH. February 9, 2010. Slideshow

Vermont Armed Forces Veterans in Two Systems of Care (CMH & VA) Charged with a Crime. New Hampshire Research Group. Concord, NH. February 10, 2010. Slideshow

Designing and Interpreting Cross-Sector Research. The Fall 2009 NHSDC Conference: "Transforming the human service landscape through community data." Providence, RI. October 15-16, 2009. Slideshow

Understanding Service Patterns Probabilistic Estimation of Caseload Size and Overlap for Documenting the Intersection of Homeless and Mainstream Service Sectors. HUD Advanced Homeless Data Users Meeting. Crystal Gateway Marriott. Arlington, VA. July 27-28, 2009. Slideshow

HMIS Caseload Overlap with Adult Mental Health and Criminal Justice Caseloads in Rural Vermont CY2008. New England Regional Homeless Management Information Symposium Training and Policy Symposium. University of Massachusetts Boston Campus Center. Boston, MA. May 18, 2009. Handout

Understanding Armed Forces Veterans’ Involvement with Three Service Sectors in Vermont. The DIG Annual Meeting. Grand Hyatt, Washington, DC,  April 16 – 17, 2009.  Slideshow 

Integrating Quantitative Measures into Mental Health Planning Council Processes In New Hampshire. DIG Annual Meeting. Grand Hyatt. Washington, DC.  April 16 – 17, 2009.  Poster

 Vermont Monitors Community Functioning of Adults with SMI Using Existing Administrative Databases. DIG Annual Meeting. Grand Hyatt. Washington, DC. April 16 – 17, 2009.  Poster

Readmission to Psychiatric Inpatient After State Hospital Discharge Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire. Spring Meeting of ONE-MHSIP; The Organization of Northeast Mental Health Statistics Improvement Projects. Boston, MA. April 9 - 11, 2008. Handout

Health and Mental Health in Vermont. 18th Annual Conference on State Mental Health Agency Services Research. The Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel. Arlington, VA. February 11-13, 2008.  Handout  Slideshow

URS/NOMS Measures - Build a Learning Community Based on Widespread Distribution of Data-Based Reports. 18th Annual Conference on State Mental Health Agency Services Research. The Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel. Arlington, VA. February 11-13, 2008. Handout

Using Existing Databases to Meet State Information Needs and Federal Reporting Requirements, New Hampshire Population Overlap Estimation Project.  18th Annual Conference on State Mental Health Agency Services Research. The Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel. Arlington, VA. February 11-13, 2008.  Handout

Relationship between affective disorders and arthritis. 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition. Washington, DC. November 3 - 7, 2007. Handout

New Hampshire POE Project. Fall Meeting of ONE-MHSIP; The Organization of Northeast Mental Health Statistics Improvement Projects. Burlington, VT. October 17 - 19, 2007.  Handout  Slideshow

Using BRFSS PHQ-8 with Treatment Databases to Measure Access to Care. 2007 Joint National Conference on Mental Health Block Grant and National Conference on Mental Health Statistics. The Renaissance Hotel. Washington, DC. May 30 - June 1, 2007. Slideshow

Change in Children's Hospitalization Rates After Initiation of Crisis Stabilization Program in Kentucky. 17th Annual Conference on State Mental Health Agency Service Research; Program Evaluation and Policy. Washington Hilton Hotel. Washington, DC. February 12-14, 2007. Handout

Adult Mental Health Caseload Overlap with Eleven Other State and Federal Caseloads in Connecticut, FY2005. 17th Annual Conference on State Mental Health Agency Service Research; Program Evaluation and Policy. Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC. February 12-14, 2007. Handout

URS Table 21 Readmission to ANY Inpatient Hospital Within 30 and 180 Days of State Hospital Discharge in Vermont. 17th Annual Conference on State Mental Health Agency Service Research; Program Evaluation and Policy. Washington Hilton Hotel. Washington, DC. February 12-14, 2007. Handout

Using Data to Empower Consumer Choice.  2006 Joint National Conference on Mental Health Block Grant and National Conference on Mental Health Statistics Sharing the KEYS: Knowledge to Empower You as a New Driver. The Renaissance Mayflower Hotel. Washington, DC.  May 30-June 2, 2006. Handout   Slideshow

Mental Health and Physical Health Data Mining in a Public Health Department.  Spring Meeting of ONE-MHSIP; The Organization of Northeast Mental Health Statistics Improvement Projects. Portland, ME. April 26 – 28, 2006. Handout  Slideshow

Gender Differences in Relative Risk of Criminal Justice Involvement for Adults with Mental Illness. 2006 National GAINS Center Conference. Park Plaza Hotel. Boston, MA. April 5 - 7, 2006. Handout  Slideshow

Access to Community Mental Health Service by Individuals with HIV/AIDS. 16th Annual Conference On State Mental Health Agency Services Research; Program Evaluation And Policy. Renaissance Harbor Place Hotel. Baltimore, MD. February 12-14, 2006.   

Data Driven System Transformation. 16th Annual Conference On State Mental Health Agency Services Research; Program Evaluation And Policy. Renaissance Harbor Place Hotel. Baltimore, MD. February 12-14, 2006.  Handout   Slideshow

Measuring Treatment Adherence Using Existing Administrative Data Bases: Some Provocative Findings. 2006 NIMH/IAPAC International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence.  Hyatt Jersey City, NJ. March 8-10, 2006.  Handout

Section 8 Housing Utilization Rates for Adults with Serious Mental Illness: Vermont, Connecticut, Kentucky, and Delaware.  ONE-MHSIP; the Organization of Northeast Mental Health Statistics Improvement Projects. Washington, DC.  November 3, 2005. Handout

Community Mental Health Service Utilization by Adults with HIV/AIDS in Vermont.  NIMH Conference on Mental Health Services Research. Bethesda, MD.  July 19, 2005.  Handout

Section 8 Housing Utilization Rates for Adults with Serious Mental Illness: Connecticut and Vermont. 2005 Joint National Conference on Mental Health Block Grant and Mental Health Statistics. Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel. Crystal City, VA.  May 31 - June 3, 2005. Handout   Slide Show

Cancer - Elevated Incidence for Adults with Serious Mental Illness. Fifteenth Annual Conference on State Mental Health Agency Services Research; Program Evaluation and Policy.  Renaissance Harbor Place Hotel. Baltimore, MD. February 6, 2005.  Handout  Presentation

The SAMHSA Multi-State Study of CMHC Utilization by Individuals with a History of Trauma. “Dare to Act: Trauma Survivors, Practitioners, Researchers & Policymakers Creating a Blueprint for Change” Conference. Baltimore, MD. November 29 – December 3, 2004.  Handout

URS Table 19 Criminal Justice Involvement Cross-State Comparison to Improve Understanding.  2004 Joint National Conference on Mental Health Block Grant and National Conference on Mental Health Statistics.  Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Washington, DC. June 1- 4, 2004.  Handout

Criminalization/Diversion of Adults with Serious Mental Illness. 2004 National Conference of the GAINS Center for People with Co-occurring Disorders in the Justice System From Science to Services: Emerging Best Practices for People in Contact with the Justice System.  Flamingo Hotel. Las Vegas, NV. May 12-14, 2004.  Handout

The Administrator’s Misconception: Subjective Perception vs. Objective Measurement Of the number of children participating in multiple treatment programs. Florida Mental Health Institute; Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health. 17 Annual Research Conference; "A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base". Tampa Marriott Waterside. Tampa, FL. March 2, 2004. Handout

A Multi-State Study of CMHC Utilization by Individuals with a History of Trauma.  Fourteenth Annual Conference on State Mental Health Agency Services Research, Program Evaluation, and Policy. NASMHPD Research Institute. Key Bridge Marriott. Arlington, VA.  February 9, 2004. Handout

State and General Hospital Mental Health Service Utilization by Community Mental Health Clients in Kentucky and Vermont. Fourteenth Annual Conference on State Mental Health Agency Services Research, Program Evaluation, and Policy. NASMHPD Research Institute. Key Bridge Marriott. Arlington, VA.  February 9, 2004. Handout

Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grant Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.  December 4 -5, 2003. Slide Show Presentation

Involvement with Criminal Justice System. 2003 National Conference on Mental Health Statistics.  Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Washington, DC. May 27-30, 2003. Handout

Vocational Services and Employment Rates.  Annual National Conference on Mental Health Statistics   Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Washington, DC. May 27- 30, 2003.  Handout

Data are Everywhere: Using Multiple Data Sets in Criminal Justice Research. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences; 40th annual meeting, Boston, MA.  March 4-8, 2003. Handout

Atypical Medications, Traditional Anti-psychotics, and Employment: Using Existing Databases to Evaluate Evidence-based Practices and Develop an Evidence Based Culture.   NASMHPD Research Institute 13th Annual Conference on Services Research and Evaluation: Developing an Evidence-Based Culture to Reform Systems.  Renaissance Harborplace Hotel.  Baltimore, MA. February 9-11, 2003.  Handout

Mental Health Consumer in Trouble with the Law in Three States.  NASMHPD Research Institute 13th Annual Conference on Services Research and Evaluation: Developing an Evidence-Based Culture to Reform Systems  Renaissance Harborplace Hotel.  Baltimore, MA. February 9-11, 2003. Handout

Statewide Assessment of Criminal Justice Treatment Outcomes Using Anonymous Data.  World Forum Montreal.  September 22 - 27, 2002. Handout

The Impact of Managed Care and September 11, 2001 on Criminal Justice Involvement for Young Adults with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness. Annual National Conference on Mental Health Statistics.  Renaissance Mayflower Hotel. Washington, DC. May 28 - 31, 2002.  Handout

New Generation Atypical Anti-Psychotic Medications and Employment Rates for Outcomes.  Annual National Conference on Mental Health Statistics.  Renaissance Mayflower Hotel. Washington, DC. May 28 – 31, 2002. Handout

Using Educational Test Scores to Evaluate Children's Services.  15th Annual Research Conference, A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base. Tampa Hyatt Regency.  Tampa, FL. March 3 - 6, 2002. Handout

New Generation Atypical Anti-Psychotic Medications: Access to Care and Criminal Justice Outcomes.  Twelfth Annual NASMHPD Conference on State Mental Health Agency Services Research, Program Evaluation, and Policy.  Renaissance Harborplace Hotel. Baltimore, MA.  February 11, 2002. Handout

Using Consumer Evaluations to Measure the Impact of a Statewide Training Effort on Consumer Participation in Treatment Planning.  50th Annual National Conference on Mental Health Statistics. An Information Odyssey: Celebrating the Past 50 Years and Promoting the Future.  Marriott Wardman Hotell, Washington, DC. May 29 - Jun 1, 2001. Handout

A National Research Development Conference Risk Adjustment II:  Achieving Fair and Accurate Mental Health Outcomes Information.  Spokane, WA. March 26 - 27, 2001.  Handout

Evaluating and Researching Mental Health Programs from Different Points of View. USF 14th Annual Research Conference; A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base  Tampa, FL. February 25-28, 2001. Handout  

Toward an Operational Definition of “Personally Identifiable Information”. 8th Biennial Symposium on Statistical Methods. Atlanta, GA, January 2001. Abstract

Using A Virtual M.I.S. For Behavioral Health Care Evaluation. 7th Annual Florida Conference on Behavioral Healthcare Evaluation. The Rosen Plaza Hotel. Orlando, FL. December 7 - 8, 2000. Handout

Consumer Satisfaction and Treatment Outcomes:  Dissatisfaction with Mental Health Services and Incarceration after Treatment.  49th Annual Conference on Mental Health Statistics.  Washington, DC. May 30 - June 2, 2000. Handout

Caseload Segregation/Integration among Child serving Agencies in Utah, Vermont, and Florida. Organization of Northeast Mental Health Statistics Improvement Projects. Wilmington, DE. April, 2000. 

Parents of Young Children Out of Home and in Jail. The 13th Annual Conference on A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health. Tampa, FL. March 2000.  Handout

Caseload Segregation/Integration Among Child Serving Agencies in Utah and Vermont.  National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Conference. Alexandria, VA, February 2000.  Handout

How to be Fair When you Compare. National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Conference. Alexandria, VA. February 2000. Handout

Caseload Segregation/Integration in Utah. Utah Mental Health Program Evaluation Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah. October 1999. Handout

Risk Adjusting Criminal Justice Outcomes for Mental Health Program Evaluation: A Comparison of Two Approaches. National Research Development Conference on Mental Health Outcomes Risk Adjustment. Spokane, WA. August 1999.

Probabilistic Population Estimation: A New Technique for Calculating the Percent of People in One File Who are in Another File Without Matching Records at the Individual Level. 39th Annual Workshop; National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics. Cleveland, OH. August 1999. 

Probabilistic Population Estimation for Measuring Relative Risk of Arrest of Mental Health Service Recipients. National Conference on Health Statistics. Washington, DC. August 1999. Handout

Relative Risk of State Hospitalization in the Northeast by Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnic Groups. National Conference on Mental Health Statistics. Washington, DC. June 1999.  Handout

Mental Health Consumers in Trouble with the Law. National Conference on Mental Health Statistics. Washington, DC. June 1999.  Handout

Access to Care, The Many Faces of a Performance Indicator. National Conference on Mental Health Statistics. Washington DC. June, 1999.  Handout

Causes and Consequences of Caseload Segregation/Integration. The 12th Annual Conference on A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health. Tampa, FL, February 1999. Handout

After Children’s Services. The 12th Annual Conference on A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health. Tampa, FL. February 1999. Handout Proceedings

Personally Identifiable Information: How do you know when you have it? What can you do without it? National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Conference. Alexandria, VA. February 1999. Handout

A Probabilistic Methodology for Using Administrative Data Sets to Determine Health Outcomes While Ensuring Personal Privacy. 7th Biennial Symposium on Statistical Methods. Atlanta, GA. January 1999.

Using Incarceration Rates to Evaluate Mental Health Program Performance. NAMI Annual Convention. Washington, DC. July 1998.

A Virtual MIS for Mental Health Service System Research. National Conference on Mental Health Statistics. Washington, DC. May 1998.

Risk Adjusting Consumer Survey Results for Program Evaluation. National Conference on Mental Health Statistics. Washington, DC. May 1998.

Methodology for Statistical Adjustment/Correction of Survey Results. Joint Meeting of the Northeastern and Western MHSIP Projects. April 1998.  Handout

Caseload Segregation/Integration: A Measure of Shared Responsibility for Children and Adolescents. The 11th Annual Conference on A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health. Tampa, FL. March 1998. Handout

Interpreting School Satisfaction Data From a Marketing Perspective. The 11th Annual Conference on A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health. Tampa, FL. March 1998. Handout

Using New Research Technologies to Resolve Ethical Dilemmas. National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Conference. Orlando, FL. February 1998. Handout

Three Bottom Line Outcome Indicators. Meeting of the Organization of Northeast Mental Health Statistics Improvement Projects. Philadelphia, PA. October 1997.

Utilization of Mental Health Services and Jails in New York State. NASMHPD Forensic Commissioners Meeting. Annapolis, MD. September 1997.

An Evaluation of Practice Guidelines for Major Depression in a Non-research settings. NIMH Conference on the Role of Service Systems Research. Washington, DC. September 1997.

Alaska Mental Health and Substance Abuse Caseload Size and Overlap. Fall Meeting of the Western Interstate Coalition on Higher Education. Breckenridge, CO. August 1997.

Measuring Correctional and Mental Health Caseload Using the Probabilistic Population Overlap Statistic. Fifth Annual Conference on Mental Health and the Law. Orlando, FL. June 1997.

Hospitalization, Incarceration, and Death: Three Bottom Line Outcome Indicators. National Conference on Mental Health Statistics. Washington, DC. May 1997. Handout

A Global Measure of Access to Mental Health Services for a Managed Care Environment. National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Conference. Washington, DC. February 1997.

Clinical Process Bench Marking: A Statewide Approach. New England Conference of the National Community Healthcare Council. Portland, ME. November 1996. Handout

State and General Hospital Caseload Overlap in New York and Vermont: Practical Applications of a Fuzzy Head Counter. New York Institute on Mental Health Management Information. Albany, NY. August, 1996. Handout

Estimating Statewide Mental Health and Corrections Caseload Size, Overlap, and Outcomes.  National Conference on Mental Health Statistics. Washington, DC. May 1996. Handout

The Probabilistic Population Estimator: A Fuzzy Head Counter for Mental Health Statistics. Organization of Northeast Mental Health Statistics Improvement Projects. Portland, ME. April 1996.  Handout

Service Systems Research in the Information Age. National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Conference. Washington, DC. February 1996. Handout


           

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