HITEQ Center / Monday, January 20, 2020 / Categories: Health Information Exchange, Implementation of HIE, Privacy and Security, Privacy & Security Best Practices Behavioral Health Consent Management From ONC's HealthIT.gov, highlighting Data Segmentation for Privacy and Consent2Share Privacy and confidentiality concerns are currently limiting the inclusion of behavioral health data in electronic health information exchange efforts. The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) has provided a number of tools and recommendations to address some of these concerns, highlighted on their Behavioral Health Consent Management, part of a larger Health IT in Behavioral Health Settings collection. According to ONC, "Health information technology can help to improve behavioral health care and can further enable care coordination and integration, increase information sharing, and support prevention, treatment, and recovery activities. Access to and the exchange and use of behavioral health information as part of routine care can help to improve continuity in care services and support efforts toward achieving an interoperable health care system across the continuum." Print 966 Tags: behavioral health health information exchange HIE Privacy and Confidentiality health information technology Consent2Share 42 CFR Part 2 behavioral health integration Consent management patient consent Intended AudienceHealth Center Leadership, Behavioral Health Teams and Providers, Health IT Staff, Care Team Leaders Resource Links Health IT in Behavioral Health SettingsIncludes case studies and key considerations for the adoption and implementation of health IT for behavioral health within primary care. Behavioral Health Consent ManagementProfiles several key initiatives from ONC, last reviewed Summer 2019. Related Resources Telehealth Policy during Coronavirus/ COVID-19 Pandemic I Provide SUD Services in an FQHC: Does Part 2 Apply to Me? Behavioral Health Consent Management Focus: PHI The Role of HIEs in Filling Gaps in Interoperability