August 18, 2006

Mark Rothstein to Deliver Keynote Address at the 2006 Institute for Behavioral Health Informatics in Washington, D.C.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – The second annual Institute for Behavioral Health Informatics will feature as its keynote speaker, Mark Rothstein, a leading authority on the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetics, privacy, health policy, and employment law. He has advised such groups as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Congress, and many others. Professor Rothstein will open the Institute on the first day with his address entitled, “Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality.”

Professor Rothstein is currently the Herbert F. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine. He is also the Director of the University of Louisville Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law, a collaboration between the University’s Schools of Medicine and Law. The Institute was born in 2001 with the intention of conducting research, teaching, and to provide service in its related fields.

Professor Rothstein is just one of several prominent presenters scheduled to attend the Institute entitled, “2006 Institute for Behavioral Health Informatics: The Future of Technology in Behavioral Health.” The Institute will be held at the Westin Arlington Gateway in Arlington, Virginia, on November 9-10, 2006.

The Institute for Behavioral Health Informatics, co-sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and OPEN MINDS, is the only industry-wide gathering of public and private system executives, academic researchers, clinical professionals, policymakers, and administrators devoted to explaining the future of technology in the behavioral health field. With the growing realization of the implications of behavioral health disorders on overall consumer health and related health costs, a focused effort to deploy technology to improve behavioral health service delivery is critical to a thriving health care system. The Institute is designed to engage participants in defining the need for new technological solutions and facilitating the application of new technological developments.

OPEN MINDS is a national behavioral health and social service industry market research and management-consulting firm. Founded in 1987 and based in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the more than 75 associates of OPEN MINDS provide information services, executive education, market research, and management consultation services. The firm's mission is to provide behavioral health and social service payers, consumer associations, and service providers with the management knowledge needed to improve their efficiency and effectiveness in order to better serve consumers.

Full details are available on the OPEN MINDS web site at www.openminds.com/educ/bht2006.htm.