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Presents topics scheduled for discussions at the Behavioral Healthcare and Informatics Tomorrow conference in Washington D.C. on September 22-25, 2002. Compliance with the False Claims Act; Response to terrorism; Measurement of organizational performance.

The article offers information on the models for community-level work discussed during a dinner meeting in Washington, D.C. on December 4, 2012. The event was sponsored by the African-Caribbean Mental Health Association. DMA Health Strategies Chief Executive Officer Richard H. Dougherty made a note about intervening at the community level. South Carolina Professor Carolyn Jenkins talked about how diabetes programs in the state have lowered adverse outcomes for African-Americans.

The article focuses on a study conducted by Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems, a research organization based in Washington D.C.,for the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH). Ensuring Solutions researchers analyzed the behavioral health data for mental health disorders from eValue8, an electronic survey tool developed by NBCH, which captures voluntarily reported data from 250 health plans nationwide. The study found that 53 percent of plans report participating in any collaborative activity, such as behavioral guidelines, clinical data depository, and practitioner reporting system and member educational materials.

Highlights the Behavioral Healthcare & Informatics Tomorrow annual conference in Washington, D.C. Participants of the conference; Discussions on the applications of scientific discoveries on behavioral health practices; Recommendations in improving the mental health service delivery system.

Focuses on the implementation of Washington state on consumer outcome tracking project for public health system. Legislative review of the pub;ic mental health system; Support of state legislature on the implementation; Merge between consumer involvement and technology.

The article offers information of several congresses and conventions related to mental health care from May 20-July 13, 2006 including the American Psychiatric Association 159th Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario, the National Mental Health Association annual conference in Washington, D.C. and the National Alliance on Mental Illness convention in Washington, D.C.

The article presents information on several events and conferences, related to mental health services, scheduled to take place in September and October 2005. The Alliance for Full Participation Summit 2005, "Many Voices, One Vision" will take place September 22-23 in Washington D.C. The Latino Behavioral Health Institute will present its 11th annual conference on September 20-22 in Universal City, California. The conference is themed "Transformation: Towards Access and Quality in Latino Behavioral Health."