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Steven Daviss
Dr. Daviss, clinical assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, is part-time Chief Medical Information Officer of M3 Information, the mental health IT company that developed M3 Clinician, the evidence-based, multidimensional (depression, bipolar, anxiety, PTSD, substance use), patient-rated screening and progress tracking tool that is recognized by NCQA for PCMH. He is also founding president of FUSE Health Strategies, a unique consulting group with expertise in behavioral health policy, regulation, and information technologies focusing on parity and patient-centered integration of mental health and addiction services within primary care settings. He practices psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine in Maryland.
His experience in and passion for patient care, patient-centered mental health care policy, health informatics, and use of health IT and social media in healthcare, is reflected in his current volunteer service as Chair of the American Psychiatric Association's Committee on Mental Health Information Technology, APA Assembly Representative for the Maryland Psychiatric Society, MedChi Legislative Representative, member of the Health Standards Committee for URAC, board member for the Maryland Health Care Commission's Health Information Exchange Policy Board, and on the Clinical Committee for CRISP, Maryland's HIE.
Previously, Dr. Daviss has served as President of the Maryland Psychiatric Society, chair of the Department of Psychiatry at University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, associate chair of Psychiatry at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, co-chair of the CCHIT Behavioral Health Work Group, where he led the development of certification standards for behavioral health EHRs.
Dr. Daviss is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He writes for several blogs (Shrink Rap, HIT Shrink), edits a column on health IT for Psychiatric News, podcasts at My Three Shrinks, and is co-author of "Shrink Rap: Three Psychiatrists Explain Their Work" (Johns Hopkins Press, 2011).
