Enhancing Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening in Individuals with Severe Mental Illness through the Use of Electronic Health Records in a Canadian Mental Health Setting

Poster Number: P63
Presentation Time: 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM

Abstract Keywords: Cancer Prevention, Healthcare Quality, Chronic Care Management
Primary Track: Applications
Programmatic Theme: Clinical Informatics

Women with severe mental illness have significantly lower rates of breast and cervical cancer screening, leading to increased poor health outcomes, including death. Over the last year, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has looked at implementing informatics tools to better deliver breast and cervical cancer screening to our long-stay inpatients. This poster presentation will focus on the digital supports that are being implemented to support this project and the findings and lessons learned from this work.

Speaker(s):
Tania Tajirian, MD
CAMH

Author(s):
Nasrin Adams, MD, PhD - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; caroline chessex; Brian Lo, MHI - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Jennifer Nicolle, MD CCFP - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Cristina de Lasa; Sanjeev Sockalingam; Tania Tajirian, MD - CAMH;