TY - JOUR
KW - Community Mental Health Services/organization & administration
KW - Continuity of Patient Care
KW - Database Management Systems
KW - Health Care Surveys
KW - Health Services Needs and Demand/trends
KW - Health Services Research
KW - Humans
KW - Medical Record Linkage
KW - Medical Records Systems, Computerized
KW - Ontario
KW - Questionnaires
KW - Regional Health Planning/organization & administration
KW - Rural Health Services/organization & administration
KW - Systems Integration
AU - L. Squire
AU - M. Bedard
AU - L. Hegge
AU - V. Polischuk
A1 - 
AB - Linking client data across care sectors and agencies is becoming essential to ensure continuity of care, evaluation, and planning of mental health services delivery. The Data Linkage System (DLS), a record-linked, client-based, mental health database in northwestern Ontario, was established in response to this need. It is a voluntary system currently used by 30 of 40 mental health programs. The study surveyed program administrators to determine the system's utilization, perceived value, and future needs regarding data collection. The survey results delineated the perceived usefulness of the DLS in a remote region. The findings will provide direction for continued development of the DLS.
BT - The journal of behavioral health services & research
C5 - HIT & Telehealth
CP - 4
CY - United States
IS - 4
JF - The journal of behavioral health services & research
N2 - Linking client data across care sectors and agencies is becoming essential to ensure continuity of care, evaluation, and planning of mental health services delivery. The Data Linkage System (DLS), a record-linked, client-based, mental health database in northwestern Ontario, was established in response to this need. It is a voluntary system currently used by 30 of 40 mental health programs. The study surveyed program administrators to determine the system's utilization, perceived value, and future needs regarding data collection. The survey results delineated the perceived usefulness of the DLS in a remote region. The findings will provide direction for continued development of the DLS.
PP - United States
PY - 2002
SN - 1094-3412
SP - 476
EP - 480
EP - 
T1 - Current evaluation and future needs of a mental health data linkage system in a remote region: a Canadian experience
T2 - The journal of behavioral health services & research
TI - Current evaluation and future needs of a mental health data linkage system in a remote region: a Canadian experience
U1 - HIT & Telehealth
U2 - 12404941
VL - 29
VO - 1094-3412
Y1 - 2002
ER -