GPSYCH: Clinical management software for a Geropsychiatry Division

We have implemented a clinical management software system for an academic Geropsychiatry Division that allows us to gain many benefits of a computerized medical record system with minimal development and maintenance expense. We use brief electronic records to capture key information, combining coded and free-text formats. Data entry is fast and simple, readily accomplished by physicians during clinical rounds (for inpatients), or by clerk (from outpatient encounter forms). Sufficient clinical data is stored to be useful in patient management, and to support administrative and clinical research functions.