Improving outcomes for people with acute mental illness in the emergency department: a data linkage study

目前，急诊和心理健康信息系统之间缺乏整合。这意味着临床医生很难全面了解患者与其他服务的互动--这是做出治疗决定时的一个重要方面。我们的研究将把来自健康、警察和国家死亡数据库的5年来的信息联系起来。这将确定可以改善紧急服务的领域，为寻求帮助的弱势群体的精神健康问题。

Currently, there is a lack of integration between emergency and mental health information systems. This means it is difficult for clinicians to comprehensively understand a patient’s interaction with other services – an important aspect when making treatment decisions. Our study will link 5 years of information from health, police and national death databases. This will identify areas where emergency services can be improved for vulnerable people seeking help for their mental health problem.