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TELEMENTAL HEALTH SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP

ATA Mental Telehealth Special Interest Group Report
June 2, 2002

First, I'm extremely pleased to report what for us was a historic event, our first-ever pre-meeting tutorial, chaired by Steve Cozza, from Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and contributed to by seven members. Since so much work went into it, we're planning to make one more push and write it up to submit to Telemedicine Journal and E-Health.

We're also very happy with the strong telemental health presence on the scientific program this year, with 15 oral presentations and 11 posters.

At our SIG forum, we had a great turnout and lots of active participation. We've established a SIG Executive Committee composed of myself and four other members who've volunteered to lead collaborative projects this coming year:

• Steve Cozza will be the Vice Chair of our SIG and lead our 2003 pre-meeting tutorial.

• Skip Parker, also from WRAMC, will lead a clinical guidelines project.

• Eve-Lynn Nelson, soon to be from Kansas University Medical Center, will lead an effort to compile an online directory of telemental health resources.

• Gene Augusterfer, of globalehealth.net, will lead discussion in the SIG about international telemental health.

• And I'll take responsibility for facilitating general interaction among SIG members and forwarding input from our SIG to the ATA Board of Directors on more general (i.e., not specific to mental health) telemedicine issues.

See you in Orlando!

Bob Hsiung
University of Chicago
Chair

ATA Special Interest Groups (SIG's)

If you are interested in participating in the Telemental Health Special Interest Group simply contact the chair of the SIG or email ATA at membership@americantelemed.org or call ATA at 202.223.3333.