Final Conference Program - aatod

F5 Using Patient Chart Audits to Improve
Counselor Performance and Enhance Patient Care
Continental C
Nancy Aiken, PhD, CHANA, Baltimore, MD
Meg Stoltzfus, LCPC, REACH Mobile Health Services, Baltimore,
MD
As part of the quality assurance measures at R.E.A.C.H. Mobile
Health Services, a program of the Institutes for Behavior Resources,
Inc., over 20 quarterly patient chart audits were conducted during a
span of five years. This presentation, designed for clinical supervisors,
program directors and staff involved in quality assurance procedures
will include:
• Discussion on how to develop minimal standards for patient chart
audits,
• Guidance for evaluation of competencies consistent with a staff
development program, and
• Examples of how audits can be utilized to guide allocation of
training resources for clinical and medical staff.
CLOSING PLENARY SESSION
11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
The Partnership of the Field and the Federal
Government: The Expansion of Healthcare Reform
and Access to Quality Care
AATOD is pleased to welcome State Senator Mattie Hunter, 3rd
District. Senator Hunter has a Masters Degree in Sociology and is a
certified alcohol and drug counselor and prevention specialist. She
offers a unique perspective on the relationship of government and
the treatment community having been a treatment provider at the
Human Resources Development Institute in Chicago for 18 years and
a State Senator since 2003. Senator Hunter serves on the Public
Health Committee and is Co-Chair of the Health Policy Task Force.
AATOD is also pleased to welcome Dr. Wilson Compton, Director,
Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research,
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to wrap up the 2010
Conference in Chicago. Dr. Wilson Compton is the former Medical
Director of Addiction Services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St.
Louis, MO. Dr. Compton is the author of numerous articles and
manuals, and the recipient of numerous grants and awards from the
field. Dr. Compton has worked diligently for new drug therapies,
healthcare reform, and the expansion of access to treatment. He will
discuss the implementation of health care reform and the integration
of treatment services and primary health care.
Clinic Tours
1:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Visit the Hospitality Table for more information and
to sign up.
Grand Ballroom
Speakers:
Susan McKnight,
MPH, Program
Coordinator, Lake
County Health
Department,
Waukegan, IL
Theodora Binion
Taylor, Director,
Illinois
Department of
Human Services,
Division of
Alcoholism and
Substance Abuse,
Chicago, IL
Senator Mattie
Hunter, Illinois
State Senate, 3rd
District, Chicago,
IL
Wilson Compton,
MD, MPE,
Director, Division
of Epidemiology,
Services and
Prevention
Research,
National Institute
on Drug Abuse
(NIDA), Rockville,
MD
Mark W. Parrino,
MPA, President,
American
Association for
the Treatment of
Opioid
Dependence, Inc.,
New York, NY
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