State mental health authorities and informatics

As state mental health authorities (SMHAs) attempt to promote evidence-based practices within their systems of care, they often ignore the enormous potential of information technology. Most of the tasks that Charles Rapp and colleagues have expertly identified in the preceding article can be address...

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Published in:Community mental health journal 2005-06, Vol.41 (3), p.365-370
Main Authors: DRAKE, Robert E, TEAGUE, Gregory B, GERSING, Ken
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrative Personnel - psychology
Advantages
Attitude to Computers
Biological and medical sciences
Case management
Clinical decision making
Decision making
Development
Education
Efficiency
Electronic health records
Evidence based
Evidence-Based Medicine
Evidence-based practice
Health authorities
Health services
Humans
Implementation
Informatics
Information systems
Information technology
Initiatives
Medical errors
Medical Informatics
Medical records
Medical sciences
Mental health
Mental health care
Mental health policy
Mental Health Services
Practice
Prevention. Health policy. Planification
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Quality control
Quality standards
Roles
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Standardization
State
State Government
United States
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Summary:As state mental health authorities (SMHAs) attempt to promote evidence-based practices within their systems of care, they often ignore the enormous potential of information technology. Most of the tasks that Charles Rapp and colleagues have expertly identified in the preceding article can be addressed more efficiently with computerized approaches than with traditional approaches to education, implementation, training, and quality assurance. Because mental health lags behind the rest of medicine in instituting electronic medical records and related information technology, SMHAs often overlook the potential of informatics. In this article, we outline the advantages of using informatics to promote evidence-based practices, describe the current barriers to using informatics in this way, and suggest several strategies for SMHAs. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0010-3853
1573-2789
DOI:10.1007/s10597-005-5009-7