Acting Commissioner Kristin M. Woodlock, RN,
MPA
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
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Below is a list of our Archived Webcasts. Links to live webcasts will only be available while the event is occurring. If you wish to watch live events, please visit our Upcoming and Live Webcasts page.
| Date | Webcast/Webinar | Description |
|---|---|---|
| June 7, 2013 | MHSC Project Review Committee | The Prior Review Committee of the MHSC reviews PAR applications filed for facilities other than family care homes, community residences or residential care centers for adults for which operating certificates are required. |
| April 12, 2013 | Mental Health Services Council | Authorized under Section 7.05 of New York State Mental Hygiene Law, the MHSC considers matters relating to the improvement of mental health services in the State and advises the Commissioner on any such matter. |
| April 3 and April 9, 2013 | 2013 Facility Survey Webcast  |
Describes how to complete the Facility Survey in MHPD in preparation for reporting client data in the Patient Characteristics Survey in the fall of 2013. In the Facility Survey, providers update their list of licensed or OMH-funded programs by submitting requests to close or open programs. |
| March 1, 2013 | Mental Health Services Council | Authorized under Section 7.05 of New York State Mental Hygiene Law, the MHSC considers matters relating to the improvement of mental health services in the State and advises the Commissioner on any such matter. |
| December 21, 2012 | Mental Health Services Council | Authorized under Section 7.05 of New York State Mental Hygiene Law, the MHSC considers matters relating to the improvement of mental health services in the State and advises the Commissioner on any such matter. |
| November 27, 2012 | Quarterly Geriatric Mental Health Committee Meeting | Interagency Geriatric Mental Health/Chemical Dependency Planning Council |
| November 16, 2012 | Mental Health Services Council | Authorized under Section 7.05 of New York State Mental Hygiene Law, the MHSC considers matters relating to the improvement of mental health services in the State and advises the Commissioner on any such matter. |
| September 14, 2012 | Mental Health Services Council | Authorized under Section 7.05 of New York State Mental Hygiene Law, the MHSC considers matters relating to the improvement of mental health services in the State and advises the Commissioner on any such matter. |
| September 14, 2012 | MHSC Project Review Committee | The Prior Review Committee (PRC) of the Mental Health Services Council (MHSC) reviews Prior Approval Review (PAR) applications filed for facilities other than family care homes, community residences or residential care centers for adults for which operating certificates are required. |
| Sept. 10, 2012 | Quarterly Geriatric Mental Health Committee Meeting | Interagency Geriatric Mental Health/Chemical Dependency Planning Council |
| Re-release June 8, 2012 | NIMRS Medication Event Training | Medication Events is training video that instructs New York State Incident Management and Reporting System (NIMRS) users how to use this separate module for recording all medication errors in accordance with the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) Taxonomy of Errors. Included in this training is how to record "near miss" events for cases where the Medication did not reach the client but could have resulted in a more serious event. |
| June 8, 2012 | MHSC Project Review Committee | The Prior Review Committee (PRC) of the Mental Health Services Council (MHSC) reviews Prior Approval Review (PAR) applications filed for facilities other than family care homes, community residences or residential care centers for adults for which operating certificates are required. |
| June 8, 2012 | Mental Health Services Council | Authorized under Section 7.05 of New York State Mental Hygiene Law, the MHSC considers matters relating to the improvement of mental health services in the State and advises the Commissioner on any such matter. |
| April 13, 2012 | Mental Health Services Council | Authorized under Section 7.05 of New York State Mental Hygiene Law, the MHSC considers matters relating to the improvement of mental health services in the State and advises the Commissioner on any such matter. |
| Feb. 3, 2012 | MHSC Project Review Committee | The PRC of the MHSC reviews PAR applications filed for facilities other than family care homes, community residences or residential care centers for adults for which operating certificates are required. |
| Feb. 3, 2012 | Mental Health Services Council | Authorized under Section 7.05 of New York State Mental Hygiene Law, the MHSC considers matters relating to the improvement of mental health services in the State and advises the Commissioner on any such matter. |
| Jan. 6, 2012 | PSYCKES Access and Implementation for Behavioral Health Inpatient Providers | The webinar is designed for staff who will be responsible for managing implementation of Psychiatric Services and Clinical Knowledge Enhancement System (PSYCKES) in behavioral health inpatient settings. It reviews the steps required for institutions to obtain authorization for access to PSYCKES, and the procedures for granting staff access to PSYCKES using the New York State Office of Mental Health on-line Security Management System. It also covers the best practices for implementing PSYCKES in inpatient settings. |
| Dec. 27, 2011 | Using PSYCKES to Support Clinical Review and Care Coordination (for Behavioral Health Inpatient Providers) | Provides an overview of PSYCKES functionality and reports. Demonstrates how available client health data can support case review, treatment planning, care coordination, and discharge planning. Reviews quality indicator reports that track high utilization of emergency room and inpatient services, psychiatric re-admissions, and preventable hospitalizations. Covers procedures to obtain and document clients' consent to access client data in PSYCKES. |
| Dec. 15, 2011 | Quarterly Geriatric Mental Health Committee Meeting | Interagency Geriatric Mental Health/Chemical Dependency Planning Council |
| Dec. 6, 2011 | PSYCKES for State Psychiatric Centers (for inpatient unit staff) | Provides an overview of client-level information available in PSYCKES—up to 5 years of individual client data across all treatment settings including diagnoses, medications, behavioral/medical inpatient and outpatient services, laboratory/X-ray tests, dental and vision services, and living support/transportation. Also reviews how to use the consent module to obtain and document clients' consent to access PSYCKES data. |
| Nov. 14 and 17, 2011 | Medicaid & Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Part 1 | Part 2 |
The Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) presentation involves a two part series in which mental health and service providers are informed of how to effectively advocate for these benefits and how to acquire resources and information about these benefits for the consumers and family members that they serve. |
| Nov. 4, 2011 | MHSC Project Review Committee | The PRC of the MHSC reviews PAR applications filed for facilities other than family care homes, community residences or residential care centers for adults for which operating certificates are required. |
| Nov. 4, 2011 | Mental Health Services Council | Authorized under Section 7.05 of New York State Mental Hygiene Law, the MHSC considers matters relating to the improvement of mental health services in the State and advises the Commissioner on any such matter. |
| Sept. 28, 2011 | Using the Patient Characteristics Survey Application | This webinar will show users the basics of the Patient Characteristics Survey (PCS) application, as well as introducing new features added in 2011. In conjunction with the User Manual, Guidelines, and other documents available on the PCS Website, this webinar prepares users to complete the 2011 PCS. |
| Sept. 19, 2011 | Interpreters: Why Language and Culture Matters in Behavioral Health Services | This presentation will briefly discuss the important roles that interpreters play in behavioral health services, laws and regulations that support interpreter/translation usage, and how culture and language can impact the relationship between the client and provider. |
| Sept. 16, 2011 | MHSC Project Review Committee | The PRC of the MHSC reviews PAR applications filed for facilities other than family care homes, community residences or residential care centers for adults for which operating certificates are required. |
| Sept. 16, 2011 | Mental Health Services Council | Authorized under Section 7.05 of New York State Mental Hygiene Law, the MHSC considers matters relating to the improvement of mental health services in the State and advises the Commissioner on any such matter. |
| Sept. 6, 2011 | Using PSYCKES | Provides an overview of the PSYCKES application and how it can be used to support continuous quality improvement projects and clinical decision-making. Reviews both the public website and the PSYCKES Medicaid database. |
| Sept. 1, 2011 | Rate Distribution System Training | Training video for rate reviewers who will use The Office of Mental Health (OMH) Rate Distribution System Rate Review Screen, accessed via the Mental Health Provider Exchange (MHPD). |
| Aug. 22, 2011 | Granting Access to the Patient Characteristics Survey (PCS) using the Security Management System | In preparation for the 2011 PCS, Security Managers must assign Users either Submitter or Supervisor roles in PCS using the Security Management System (SMS). This presentation provides detailed instructions on accomplishing the task. |
| Aug. 15, 2011 | Health and Wellness Photovoice Project: Engaging Consumers to Inform and Implementation of Health Intervention in Housing Agencies | This webinar discussed how housing agencies can engage its consumers in order to identify health and community disparities through the use of photos in which the consumer tells a story about it. |
| Aug. 11, 2011 | PSYCKES Utilization Indicators (July 2011) | Reviews the PSYCKES-Medicaid indicator sets released in July 2011. These indicators track high utilization of emergency room and inpatient services, preventable hospitalizations, and psychiatric re-admissions. This webinar provides definitions for each indicator, and demonstrates how to access this information in PSYCKES. |
| July 29, 2011 | MHSC Project Review Committee Meeting | The PRC of the MHSC reviews PAR applications filed for facilities other than family care homes, community residences or residential care centers for adults for which operating certificates are required. |
| July 27 and 28, 2011 | Smoking Cessation Part 1: Assessment and Counseling Part 2: Medication |
This webinar discussed OMH's Smoking Cessation Initiative that will involve efforts to increase "Assessment and Counseling" and "Medication" access and resources for tobacco cessation to form an important OMH strategy. |
| July 18, 2011 |
Leadership Toward Organizational Change - A Core Strategy |
One of Six Core Strategies for reducing restraint and seclusion, this presentation deals with the importance of leadership within a facility and the "buy-in" required by management to support changes to the status quo while allowing consumers a "person-centered" approach to improving behavioral health. |
| July 14, 2011 | Using the PSYCKES Consent Module | Provides an overview of the PSYCKES Consent Module. Reviews the policies and procedures for obtaining client consent and documenting it in PSYCKES. Originally developed to support implementation of the Consent Module in clinics participating in the New York State OMH PSYCKES-Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Initiative. This recorded webinar is available as a refresher course; slides are available to train other clinic staff. |
| June 30, 2011 | Monthly Data Submission for Freestanding Mental Health Clinics | Reviews monthly data reporting requirements for free-standing mental health clinics participating in the PSYCKES-CQI Initiative. Provides context for monthly reporting and demonstrates how to track data and complete the monthly data submission survey. |
| June 22, 2011 | Quarterly Geriatric Mental Health Committee Meeting | Interagency Geriatric Mental Health/Chemical Dependency Planning Council Meeting |
| June 10, 2011 | MHSC Project Review Committee Meeting | The PRC of the MHSC reviews Prior Approval Review applications filed for facilities other than family care homes, community residences or residential care centers for adults for which operating certificates are required. |
| June 10, 2011 | Mental Health Services Council Meeting | Authorized under Section 7.05 of New York State Mental Hygiene Law, the MHSC considers matters relating to the improvement of mental health services in the State and advises the Commissioner on any such matter. |
| June 7, 2011 | New York Makes Work Pay | Discusses NYS OMH's Work Initiative that is meant to increase employment opportunities for individuals living with mental problems and/or disability. |
| May 16, 2011 | Engaging Latinos and Hispanics in Mental Health Treatment | This video briefly introduces and discusses engagement skills for mental health providers to consider when engaging Latinos/Hispanics in mental health treatment and services. |
| May 4, 2011 | PSYCKES: Supporting Person-Centered Care in the NYS Public Mental Health System Part 1: Bureau of Cultural Competence Part 2: Clinical Overview |
The PSYCKES video has two parts which informs the audience of PSYCKES initiatives and what is its use with the focus to improve the quality of care and services for recipients receiving of mental health services from OMH facilities, programs, and licensed OMH agencies throughout New York State. |
| April 26, 2011 | Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postventation in a Culturally Diverse World | Informs all viewers that "cultural and language matters" when address suicide prevention, education, and training. Cultural and linguistic considerations must be considered and understood in order to help others who have different beliefs, values, views of suicide. |
| April 16, 2011 | Six Core Strategies to Reduce Restraint and Seclusion: Using Data to Inform Practice |
Shows examples of how information can be charted to show trends and using these findings to make positive changes. |
| April 12, 2011 | MHPD Facility Survey | Describes how to complete the Facility Survey in MHPD in preparation for reporting client data in the Patient Characteristics Survey in the fall of 2011. In the Facility Survey, providers update their list of licensed or OMH-funded programs by submitting requests to close or open programs. |
| April 8, 2011 | MHSC Project Review Committee Meeting | The PRC of the MHSC reviews Prior Approval Review applications filed for facilities other than family care homes, community residences or residential care centers for adults for which operating certificates are required. |
| April 8, 2011 | Mental Health Services Council Meeting | Authorized under Section 7.05 of New York State Mental Hygiene Law, the MHSC considers matters relating to the improvement of mental health services in the State and advises the Commissioner on any such matter. |
| April 6, 2011 | Trauma Informed Care | Deals with treatment that incorporates an appreciation of traumatic experiences in consumers lives and a thorough understanding of the effects of trauma and violence on the individual. |
| April 4, 2011 | Monthly Data Submission for the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA)-PSYCKES Quality Collaborative | Reviews monthly data reporting requirements for hospital-based mental health clinics participating in the GNYHA-PSYCKES Quality Collaborative. Provides context for monthly reporting and demonstrates how to track data and complete the monthly data submission survey. |
| March 30, 2011 | Neurobiological and Psychological Effects of Trauma | Deals with creating new learning and skills to teach, support and build that "cognitive wedge" in dealing with traumatic stress. |
| March 23, 2011 | Six Core Strategies to Reduce Restraint and Seclusion: Debriefing |
Identifies the three main debriefing activities that follow each event; 1) immediate post event; 2) formal; and 3) consumer debriefings. |
| March 18, 2011 | Too Young | Reviews the PSYCKES "Too Young" Youth indicator including a discussion of practice guidelines, literature updates and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) indications related to best prescribing practices for the use of psychotropics in children. |
| March 16, 2011 | Six Core Strategies to Reduce Restraint and Seclusion: Prevention Tools |
Illustrates the importance of effective intervention with consumers during the earliest stages of escalation before a crisis erupts and to help consumers identify effective and practicable coping strategies before they are needed. |
| March 16, 2011 | What Works and Doesn't Work | Presented by Mr. Michael Posner. This video production was done at the Rainbow Height Social Club located in Brooklyn, New York. This video explored "What works and Doesn't work" for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) individuals when seeking behavioral health and social support services. |
| March 11, 2011 | PSYCKES Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Training (Freestanding Mental Health Clinics) | Introduces the Dose and Youth indicator sets. It also covers quality concerns in psychotropic prescribing, medication focused CQI processes, an update on the PSYCKES Medicaid application and CQI initiative, and Phase II project expectations. |
| March 9, 2011 | Six Core Strategies to Reduce Restraint and Seclusion: Peer Involvement and Consumer Roles |
Fosters a better understanding of the needs and issues of the youth population providers serve and how to develop creative systems to better meet the needs of children and families. |
| March 3, 2011 | Root Cause Analysis in Response to a Sentinel Event | Presented by Mary Helen Lounello, a Clinical Risk Manager with the Office of Mental Health, this informational presentation defines Sentinel Events as they apply to Mental Health facilities. Addressed are specific incident types and explanations of the purpose and process for conducting an effective Root Cause Analysis. |
| March 2, 2011 | Six Core Strategies to Reduce Restraint and Seclusion: Workforce Development |
Deals with methods to create a violence free and coercion free treatment environment in mental health hospitals. |
| Feb. 17, 2011 | Introduction and Practical Application of OMH's County Mental Health Profiles Portal | OMH and the Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors (CLMHD)/Mental Hygiene Planning Committee are pleased to present a webinar on OMH's County Mental Health Profiles Portal. |
| Feb. 17, 2011 | LGBT People Living with Serious Mental Illness | Presented by Dr. Mary Barber, Maryland Rockland Psychiatric Center. Dr. Barber discusses how clinical behavioral health providers can better engage LGBT people with serious mental illness in a clinical setting. |
| Feb. 16, 2011 | Using PSYCKES for Prescribers and Other Clinicians Part 1 | Part 2 |
Provides a concise introduction to the clinical uses of PSYCKES, the individual client data available in the application, and the resources available to prescribers and other clinicians on the PSYCKES public website. |
| Feb. 11, 2011 | Clinical Rating Scales for Measuring Outcomes in Psychiatry | Introduces the use of rating scales in clinical practice. Covers strategies for using and interpreting client self-report rating scales, and guides clinicians through rating scales for specific disorders. |
| Feb. 4, 2011 | LGBT People Living with Serious Mental Illness | Presented by Dr. Mary Barber, MD of the Rockland Psychiatric Center. Dr Barber discusses how clinical mental health providers can better engage LGBT people with serious mental illness in a clinical setting. |
| Feb. 4, 2011 | MHSC Project Review Committee Meeting | The PRC of the MHSC reviews Prior Approval Review applications filed for facilities other than family care homes, community residences or residential care centers for adults for which operating certificates are required. |
| Feb. 3, 2011 | Talking With Children After A Suicide Loss | Will feature a panel of national experts who will provide in depth advice on how to talk to kids (ages 10 to 24) about suicide loss with specific advice for parents, educators and clinicians. |
| Feb. 2, 2011 | Using SMS to Grant PSYCKES Access | Provides an overview of the SMS, the Web-based application that agencies use to authorize staff members' access to certain New York State Office of Mental Health Web applications, including PSYCKES. |
| Jan. 21, 2011 | High Dose | Provides an overview of the PSYCKES Dose indicator set. Reviews scientific evidence regarding psychotropic dosing and offers case-based clinical strategies aimed to help evaluate and prescribe for clients who are receiving a psychotropic medication at a dose above the recommended maximum. |
| Oct. 7, 2010 | Quarterly Geriatric Mental Health Committee Meeting | Interagency Geriatric Mental Health/Chemical Dependency Planning Council Meeting |
| Sept. 30, 2010 | Welcoming LGBT Mental Health Consumers Into Recovery | People who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender often run into obstacles and
barriers when they try to find affirming and culturally competent mental health care. Welcoming LGBT Mental Health Consumers Into Recovery  (212kb) |
| April 15, 2010 | Quarterly Geriatric Mental Health Committee Meeting | Interagency Geriatric Mental Health/Chemical Dependency Planning Council Meeting |
| Jan. 7, 2010 | Quarterly Geriatric Mental Health Committee Meeting | Interagency Geriatric Mental Health/Chemical Dependency Planning Council |