Clinical care and information systems in psychiatry (Clinical insights)

The purpose of this monograph is to review critical issues in the development and implementation of clinical information systems, to outline representative applications, and to elucidate some promising directions for further work. Subjects discussed are: An Integrated Medical Information System; Computerized Initial and Discharge Evaluations; Computer Functions in a Clinical Information System; Uses of a Psychiatric Information System; Computer Applications for Mental Health Treatment in the Veterans Administration; Problem Tracking by Computer - The Dallas Problem-Rating Interview; Computerized Review of Clinical Care.