National Dissemination Webinar: Linking and Merging Data Sources

Please use this page to register for our upcoming National Dissemination webinar entitled "Linking and Merging Data Sources."

The next national dissemination webinar will be held on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 from 3:30 – 5:00 PM EDT. In the September webinar, we will discuss merging Substance Use Disorder (SUD) related data sources with other state databases. Specifically, we will discuss how using different data sources can provide additional insight on a patient’s continuum of care when services are paid for by Medicaid and other state agencies. There will be three featured state partners on the webinar panel to discuss their efforts to actively link or merge data and field your questions. On this webinar:

• Connecticut will discuss how it is using distributed data networks to answer questions about their SUD population demographics, care outcomes and costs;
• Washington will discuss how it has designed meaningful measurement concepts that enable policy analyses, program evaluations, predictive modeling and performance management; and
• Oregon will share how it developed a system to combine SUD block grant data with Medicaid claims data to analyze treatment outcomes and share information with providers.

Add to Outlook/Calendar: Please register using your work email. After registering you will receive an email from Eventbrite with the subject line "Your Tickets for the NDS: Linking & Merging..." That email will contain the option to add this event directly to your calendar. Double-click on the calendar.ics download and select 'Save'. We will also send you an Outlook invitation just to be sure the event makes it onto your calendar!

You can also re-visit this link the day of the NDS webinar to access the following information:

AUDIO: Dial 855-509-1782 Acess code: 89489812

VISUAL: Click here to join the webinar!

RESOURCES

Here are some relevant documents you may find useful to learning more about data linkage and merging:

• Integrating State Administrative Records to Manage Substance Abuse Treatment System Performance, Centers for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

• Linking Client Records from Substance Abuse, Mental Health and Medicaid State Agencies, The National Council for Community Behavioral Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration