Addressing Today’s Public Health Crisis: The Future of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM · 1 hr. (US/Pacific)
Venetian | Level 2 | Venetian F
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Information
The New Jersey Commissioner of Health, Dr. Kaitlan Baston, will discuss state-level innovations that can scale nationally and even globally to address the nation’s top causes of death in young people, up to age 44: overdose, suicide, and homicide. It will take innovation, outside the box thinking, and agility at scale that public-private partnerships can offer to make an impact. This will be followed by a panel discussion of state and national-level experts harnessing the power of technology to address a nation in crisis.
Sub-Topic Category
Behavioral Health
Target Audience
Clinical InformaticistGovernment or Public Policy ProfessionalPublic Health Practitioner
Level
Intermediate
Format
60-Minute Panel Discussion
Learning Objective #1
Identify the challenges and opportunities of at-risk populations for young people up to 44 years of age
Learning Objective #2
Examine state-level innovations in practice today that can provide meaningful impact
Learning Objective #3
Integrate experience from national and state level experts on how technology-enabled solutions to combat mental health and/or addiction have been implemented
Learning Objective #4
Apply various components of public-private partnerships that may be relevant in one’s own setting
Session #
42
