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Most Healthcare Organizations to Seek HIPAA Compliance Extension
Medscape Medical News article on a new survey which found that "most healthcare organizations (84%) say they have applied or will apply for a one-year extension to comply with the upcoming October 2002 deadline for a key provision of the Health Insurance Portability and Affordability Act." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].  
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Innovations in Recovery and Rehabilitation: the Decade of the Person
A web site related to the conference being sponsored by the Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation October 24-26, 2002 in Boston.  
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Violence and Coercion in Mental Health Settings: Eliminating the Use of Seclusion and Restraint
Special summer/fall 20-page issue of the networks newsletter from the National Technical Assistance Center (Adobe Acrobat format).  
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Causes, Treatment of Bipolar Disease Coupled with Drug Abuse Studied
Newswise Medical News story reprinted at PsycPORT on research at the Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (Texas) on the impact of terrorism's aftermath on patients suffering from dual diagnosis.  
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The Human Capital Crisis in Public Mental Health and Social Services
Report prepared by the National Council for Community Behavioral Health Care on the critical workforce issues facing the public mental health system, including facts and statistics, a section on the impact of the insufficient supply of mental health professionals in the public sector and a section on additional solutions.  
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Judge: State can't close Blueberry group home without RIARC consent (Rhode Island)
Story in The Standard Times - "A ruling last month in superior court that awarded a temporary restraining order to the Rhode Island Association of Retarded Citizens against the state Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals does include the four residents of the group home on Blueberry Lane in North Kingstown, a judge ruled Monday."  
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Health boards urged for the mentally ill (Canada)
Toronto Star story - "Ontario should create regional mental health boards, which would be given dedicated funding to oversee all services for patients and their families including front-line care, access to affordable housing and job training, says a consultation document by the Toronto-Peel Mental Health Implementation Task Force."  
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