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Inishowen Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service: Developing a Learning Health Microsystem.

Tom Foley^1,2,3, Bennie Steyn¹, Eoin Fitzgerald⁴

¹CAMHS, Buncrana Primary Care Centre Buncrana Donegal Ireland.

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Summary

A learning health system (LHS) was implemented in a rural child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) with limited digital resources. This initiative significantly reduced wait times and improved patient care, demonstrating a replicable model for mental health services.

Keywords:

access to care complexity learning communities learning health systems mental health

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Implementation Science

Background:

Learning health systems (LHSs) are models for continuous improvement in healthcare settings.
Evidence for LHS implementation in Irish mental health services is scarce.
Inishowen child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS), a rural microsystem with low digital maturity, piloted an LHS framework.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the development and early outcomes of a locally driven learning health microsystem in a CAMHS setting.
To use wait times as an exemplar for evaluating service improvements.
To explore organizational complexity using the non-adoption, abandonment, scale-up, spread, and sustainability (NASSS) framework.

Main Methods:

A descriptive case-study design was employed.
Data were collected from routine audits, caseload analysis, patient experience measures, referral metrics, and learning community outputs.
The NASSS framework was utilized to analyze complexity across various domains.

Main Results:

LHS processes were feasible despite paper-based records and minimal infrastructure.
Caseloads were halved between 2020 and 2024, with 100% of young people seen within 3 months from 2023.
Maximum waiting times decreased from 743 days in 2020 to 49 days in 2025, with consistently positive patient and family experiences.

Conclusions:

A learning health microsystem can be established in resource-constrained CAMHS with limited digital maturity.
The Inishowen CAMHS case offers a measurable, replicable model for LHS development in Irish mental health care.
Future efforts should concentrate on scaling the microsystem approach, enhancing digital infrastructure, and sustaining improvements.