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Do you want to securely and effectively increase behavioral health information in your health information exchange? Do you want to provide your patients greater control over sharing their health information? Is your organization planning to implement data segmentation or consent management tools? If so, you may be interested in a free 6-month Delivering Information through Segmentation and Consent (DISC) Learning Collaborative sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). What is the DISC Learning Collaborative? The DISC Learning Collaborative is designed for health information exchanges (HIEs), primary health care organizations and practices, behavioral health care organizations, local health agencies, and others interested in expanding their capacity to electronically share sensitive health information, particularly behavioral health information. What are the Goals of the DISC Learning Collaborative? The DISC Learning Collaborat...

--> Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser . Reflections on Recovery: An Interview With Michael Botticelli, Director of National Drug Control Policy Michael Botticelli, Director of National Drug Control Policy, was recently interviewed about his work, the relationship between the Office of National Drug Control Policy and SAMHSA, and where the field of recovery is headed. Read the full interview on the SAMHSA News webpage . Read the full interview

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Housing Counseling (OHC) invites you to participate in a briefing that will include a detailed discussion of Final Rule for Housing Counseling Certification for CPD Formula grant program stakeholders. Please note, this webinar is for grantees, interest groups, and field offices only. Registration Please use the link below to register for the webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/339934191013044995 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. For additional information about system requirements, please use the following link: View System Requirements             Visit the HUD Exchange at https://www.hude...

(Photo: Channi Annand, AP) The planet sizzled to its third straight record warm year in 2016, and human activity is to blame, federal scientists announced Wednesday. The last time the world was definitely warmer than today? Some 125,000 years ago based on paleoclimatic data from tree rings, ice cores, sediments and other ways of examining Earth's history, said NASA climate scientist  Gavin Schmidt said. The average temperature across the Earth's land and ocean surfaces in 2016 was 58.69 degrees, a whopping 1.69 degrees above average, according to the  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  (NOAA). It was largest margin by which an annual global temperature record has ever been broken, NOAA said. Although less than 2 degrees above average may sound small, it's quite a large number in climate science, where records are often broken by tenths or even hundredths of degrees. A separate analysis of data from NASA concurred with ...

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