CBHL Leadership Community | Supporting the Uptake of Behavioral Health Apps and Technology
June 5, 2025 @ 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm EDT
11:00 am PT / 12:00 pm MT / 1:00 pm CT / 2:00 pm ET
Are you grappling with how to address unmet or undermet needs among specific population groups in your community or organization?
Have you considered the possibility of integrating behavioral health apps or new technologies into services?
Do you feel stuck by how to choose the right technology, or how to implement successfully?
The increasing demand for behavioral health services, coupled with challenges in the workforce, creates a compelling reason to take a closer look at forward-thinking solutions. Behavioral health apps and other technologies have the potential to supplement existing services by increasing access and engagement among specific communities or population groups. This quarterly CBHL Leadership Community series is designed for any CBHL member interested in the successful integration of behavioral health apps and technology as a complement to existing practices. You are encouraged to register and join the full series.
Background:
Significant interest in our November 2023 webinar, Revolutionizing Behavioral Health: The Role of Behavioral Health Apps in Addressing the Workforce Crisis, sparked a follow up roundtable dialogue where CBHL members delved into the potential of behavioral health apps as a transformative technology supporting both mental and physical wellbeing. Participants explored challenges faced by organizations in determining how to select the right technology, considerations for how to implement as a complement to existing services, and additional support members might need to feel more informed and better equipped to successfully integrate behavioral health apps and technology into existing practices.
What is a CBHL Leadership Community?
CBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders, organizations, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.
What is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community?
CBHL leadership communities are created based on member interest with a focus on a specific topic or leadership population. They are recurring over a specific period of time and open to all CBHL members.
- To improve knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration, the exchange of ideas, and professional dialogue.
- To facilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual, organizational, and community outcomes.
- Encourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest.
Leadership Community Hosts
Dr. Gastfriend is an addiction psychiatrist. At Harvard Medical School, he directed addiction research at Massachusetts General Hospital and was an investigator in the NIDA Cocaine Collaborative Study, NIAAA’s COMBINE Study and NIDA’s Clinical Trials Network. As Vice President at Alkermes, Inc., he directed scientific publications on Vivitrol in clinical, criminal justice and health economics research.
His research led most states to endorse the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria. His 150 scientific publications include the books The ASAM Criteria and Addiction Treatment Matching. His ASAM CONTINUUM – The ASAM Criteria Decision Engine ® and ASAM’s CO-Triage ® tools are being adopted nationwide.
In 2016, he co-founded DynamiCare Health, a nationally-scalable technology for Contingency Management and predictive analytics, winning awards from Harvard
Business School, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Governor of Ohio, and the New York Times. He has consulted to governments in Belgium, China, Iceland, Israel, Norway, Russia and the U.S.
Garrett E. Moran, Ph.D., serves as the the Principal Investigator for the Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care, a program sponsored by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and served as Project Director of the Academy from 2010 until 2018. He is deeply committed to advancing holistic, person-centered health care. Dr. Moran retired in 2021 from his role as the Associate Director of Services and Policy Innovation in the Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, and Professor in the School of Public Health and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University (WVU). Before coming to WVU he was a Vice President and Associate Director at Westat where he worked for 29 years.
Dr. Moran has more than 50 years of experience in public policy, program evaluation, research, and management. His career has included key leadership roles on projects for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), as well as consulting roles with states working on health reform and care integration. His major areas of substantive expertise include integrated healthcare delivery, health care financing, health information technology, and program evaluation. Dr. Moran directed the consultant support and writing contract for the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in the early 2000s, and subsequently served as an Advisor and Consultant to the States of Maryland and Ohio as they developed mental health transformation plans.
