Understanding Bipolar DisorderPsychiatric EMR Solution for Military Mental Health Crisis
The Mental Health Care Crisis Inadequacy of mental health care availability has reached the forefront of America's concerns, especially for war veterans and active military personnel. Recent Army surveys in Iraq reveal 15-20% of U.S. soldiers show signs and symptoms of post-traumatic stress. About 35 percent of soldiers are seeking some kind of mental health treatment within a year of returning home. Of nearly 230,000 new veterans who have applied for help from the Veterans Affairs Department, more than a third suffer from mental disorders. A Department of Defense (DOD) task force recently called for "urgent action" to alleviate "dire circumstances (of the) psychological impact of war". This year long study concluded the military's mental health system has 'fallen significantly short' of meeting the needs of troops. Separately, a Veterans Administration (VA) internal report found nation wide inadequacies in treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The Solution IconoPsych has designed a unique solution to the worsening availability crisis for mental health care. iconopsych.com The IconoChart is a patent pending invention designed as an appendage to existing electronic medical record (EMR) systems. It is a solution to a pervasive, universally recognized problem in the $31 billion electronic medical record (EMR) industry, the physician user interface. Physicians using electronic medical records spend up to 40% of their time inputting and retrieving patient information. A majority of data entered is redundant and scattered. Current EMRs essentially transpose paper chart architecture into pages on a computer screen. The time needed for a doctor to find an important piece of data is often prohibitive. by investment firm, preferably.
