Management Information System for Community Mental Health Centers. Volume III: Implementation Guide for the NIMH Prototype

摘要

The principal purpose of this document is to provide guidance and assistance to CMHCs seeking to implement the prototype MIS developed under the auspices of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Directed at Center management staff who may not possess a background in automated data processing (ADP), the Guide is intended to provide a clear understanding of the prototype MIS as well as of the steps involved in any system implementation. To this end the use of technical terminology has been kept to a minimum; to establish standard definitions of clinical terms a glossary of terms is included as an appendix.