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Development of an optically scanned consultation-liaison data base
F P McKegney1, C E Schwartz, M A O'Dowd
1Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10467.
General Hospital Psychiatry
|March 1, 1990
Summary
This study introduces a brief, scannable data form for high-volume Consultation-Liaison (C-L) Psychiatry services. This efficient system aids data collection and auditing for psychiatric care.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Health Informatics
- Clinical Data Management
Background:
- Clinical services require patient care data recording.
- Low-volume psychiatric services can collect extensive patient data.
- High-volume psychiatric services face challenges in comprehensive data collection.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a brief, optically scannable, and computerized minimal data base form.
- To address data collection needs for high-volume Consultation-Liaison (C-L) Psychiatry services.
- To present a model for efficient data collection in other high-volume psychiatric settings.
Main Methods:
- Development of a brief, optically scannable data form.
- Computerization of the minimal data base.
- Implementation in a large division of C-L Psychiatry.
Main Results:
- The developed system is feasible and auditable for completeness and reliability.
- The data base serves functions beyond administrative statistical summaries.
- Demonstrated efficiency in data collection for high-volume psychiatric services.
Conclusions:
- A minimal data base system is effective for high-volume psychiatric services.
- The developed form is a feasible and auditable model for efficient data collection.
- This approach can be adapted for other high-volume psychiatric services requiring streamlined data management.