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Practice Management Insight

April 2011

A report on events affecting Oklahoma p= roviders

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April 4 and 8

RSS Training—OKC R= egistration Required

ODMHSAS Training Ce= nter=

Oklahoma City

More Information

April 4-10=

National Public Health Wee= k

April 5

Justice & Me= ntal Health Collaboration Program Training

Norman ,OK

Event= Information

April 7

World Health Day

April 7

National Alcohol Screening Day

April 8

Methadone Myths and Facts

Ardmore, OK

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Problem Gambling Core Le= vel Training

Oklahoma City

More = Information

April 13

Behavioral Health Adviso= ry Council Meeting

April 13

Drug Utilization Review = Board Meeting

April 14

OHCA Board Meeting

April 15

Cross Cultural Learning = Collaborative

Frisco Center, = Clinton, OK

More Information

April 15

SOC Family Suppo= rt Provider Training

Tulsa, OK

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April 20

Mindfulness Training for= Clinical Intervention and Self-Care = <= o:p>

Woodward, OK

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April 25

The = Revised Second Edition ASAM Patient Placement Criteria:Updating and Using A= SAM PPR-2R

Oklahoma City

More = Information

April 28-30

17th Children’s Be= havioral Health Conference

Norman

More Information

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

APRIL is …

Alcohol Awareness Month,

Autism Awareness Month,

National Child Abuse Prevention Month,

and Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month

Stop= the Presses!

Great changes come to OHCA/ODMHSAS and the state of= Oklahoma. OrionNet Systems, leader and provider of the best practice= management software in the state, has continued to step-up to meet these challenges and <= /span>surpass them. To that end Clyde = Wafford, president and owner ,has increased the size of his support team to= handle all the new centers that are joining and to insure that when it com= es to customer service, OrionNet Systems products, Thinkhealth being the fl= ag ship, will continue to out shine all others.

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State of the art technology and methods of sharing = information will continue to take practice management in new directions tha= t will drastically improve processes for current members and all those that= join. These developments will meet the demands of practice management as O= rionNet Systems holds true to our mission and philosophy:

Thank you for making ThinkHealth the leading Practice Management So= ftware in Oklahoma.

G= overnor Fallin Issues Statement on Anniversary of Federal

H= ealth Care Law Passage

FY 2011 Grant Announcemen= ts

Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS= ) RFAs

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (= CSAP) RFAs

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (C= SAT) RFAs

The Grants.gov Contact Center is now available 24 hour= s a day, 7 days a week, excluding Federal holidays, at 1-800-518-4726 (1-80= 0-518-GRANTS)

Click here to view grant announcements.<= /span>

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= “You and your staff= are invited to attend the spring 2011 SoonerCare Provider Training Worksho= ps hosted by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) and HP Enterprise Se= rvices. Workshops will include several specialty sessions for specific prov= ider types. These workshops will be held in locations statewide, beginning = April 7.

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Reg= ister for the 2011 Spring Provider Training Workshop=

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World Health Day

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World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the founding of WHO= . Each year, the Organization selects a key global health issue and organiz= es international, regional and local events on the Day and throughout the y= ear to highlight the selected area.

World Health Day 2011 will focus on antimicrobial resistance and its = global spread. Click here to read more.

Governor Mary Fallin issued the followi= ng statement today regarding the one year anniversary of the passage of the= federal health care law. While in Congress, Fallin voted against the bill.=

She supports the national effort to rep= eal and replace the law with legislation as well as the legal effort to hav= e the bill struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. Oklahoma is one of the ma= ny states that filed a legal challenge to the federal law.

Fallin’s statement:

“A year ago today, President Obam= a signed into law one of the most ill-conceived pieces of legislation to ha= ve ever come from Washington, D.C.: the Patient Protection and Affordable C= are Act. ‘ObamaCare,’ as it has come to be known, is both an as= sault on our constitutional liberties and a burden on our already strugglin= g economy.”

Successful JCAHO Audit!

In March, a ThinkHealth member was visited by a surveyor who was impr= essed with the software; how user friendly it is and how easy it was to fin= d clear and concise information on clients.

= “On April 7-8, 2011, join the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA), = Hewlett Packard (HP) and APS Healthcare (APS) for our annual collaborative = training at the Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center in Norman, Okl= ahoma.”

OrionNet Systems is a Proud Sponsor:

Stress and Pace of Change

The pace of change ha= s increased and adapting to change triggers the stress response inherited. = Now, more than ever before in history, people are overwhelmed by the stress= es of life. People are also developing symptoms of new technologies.

The pace of cha= nge has increased and adapting to change triggers the stress response inher= ited. Now, more than ever before in history, people are overwhelmed by the = stresses of life. People are also developing symptoms of these new technolo= gies. Eye strain, back strain, wrist/hand strain, neck problems, even incre= ased body weight, and substance abuse increases can be linked to long hours= in the modern work world of computers and technology. Our primitive respon= se to stress, from millions of years of adaptation and survival, hasn't bee= n able to keep up with the accelerated pace of change during the past few d= ecades. Read more.

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To help companies and individuals<= span style=3D'font-style:italic;letter-spacing:.1pt;language:EN;mso-ansi-langu= age: EN'> increase productivity, profits, and solve problems by providing soft= ware and services of the highest quality. It is also our mission to develop= market, distribute, support and provide training services for total busine= ss information-processing systems for individuals and small, medium, and la= rge size companies.