Introduction: Innovations to Improve Mental Health Outcomes

摘要

The authors in this Special Report illustrate that the technology itself is no longer a barrier toward adoption, and many creative people have found ways to incorporate technology to address a variety of barriers in the clinical care of our patients. Medical informatics has come a long way from a hobby or interest to now being a clinical subspecialty. While there is certainly a need for those who have received their PhD in biomedical informatics or a master’s degree in health informatics to lead our field in academic, industry, or government positions, it is my hope that more psychiatrists will join me in pursuing fellowship training in clinical informatics. This training provides us with the credibility and credentials to innovate with new mediums of social media and smartphones as well as to serve as leaders in the health care enterprise.