Clinical dashboard: use in older adult mental health wards
Open Access
- 1 March 2013
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Psychiatrist
- Vol. 37 (3), 85-88
- https://doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.111.035899
Abstract
Aims and methodTo explore the experiences and attitudes of mental health professionals working in acute elderly care to a new clinical dashboard system. Metrics were identified from the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Accreditation for Inpatient Mental Health Services – Older People (AIMS-OP); these were tracked from baseline to 6 months. A questionnaire was developed and distributed across the three clinical areas involved in the clinical dashboard mental health pilot.ResultsStaff completed the questionnaire 3 months after the initial implementation. At this point the benefits of the introduction of the dashboard were suggested as: improved access to information, increased communication and information-sharing, increased staff awareness, and data quality.Clinical implicationsThe introduction of the clinical dashboard in older adult mental health services allowed for better data availability and resulted in better data quality.Keywords
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