The Impact of Technology-Enabled Care Coordination in a Complex Mental Health System: A Local System Dynamics Model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, major shortcomings in the way mental health care systems were organized were impairing the delivery of effective care. The mental health impacts of the pandemic, the recession, and the resulting social dislocation will depend on the extent to which care systems will become overwhelmed and on the strategic investments made across the system to effectively respond.

Objective

This study aimed to explore the impact of strengthening the mental health system through technology-enabled care coordination on mental health and suicide outcomes.

Methods

A system dynamics model for the regional population catchment of North Coast New South Wales, Australia, was developed that incorporated defined pathways from social determinants of ment

SUBMITTER: Iorfino F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8274674 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature