{"id":734,"date":"2017-02-01T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=734"},"modified":"2025-08-28T12:13:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:13:52","slug":"roundtable-advancing-best-practices-in-e-mental-health-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/roundtable-advancing-best-practices-in-e-mental-health-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundtable: Advancing Best Practices in e-Mental Health in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-this-resource-was-published-in-2017-the-data-may-be-out-of-date\"><em>This resource was published in 2017. The data may be out of date.<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-findings\">Key Findings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following emerged from the roundtable as clear principles for future action on e-Mental health:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Investing in e-Mental health is essential<\/strong> as it represents a way of addressing some of the Canadian health care system\u2019s biggest issues, including long waits to see mental health practitioners.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Clinicians must be onboard<\/strong> as designers, champions and users of e-Mental health solutions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A new funding model is needed<\/strong> to support e-Mental health. Current models are not set up to pay clinicians to offer remote treatment for patients at home and postdischarge support.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The technology is out there<\/strong>. The challenge is determining which solutions work and then scaling them across the health care system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scalability is key<\/strong>. Planning must include a roadmap for taking a project from the pilot stage to full-blown implementation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sustainability is hard, but essential<\/strong>. Getting started with e-Mental health innovations is often easier than sustaining them over the long term, yet that sustainability is vital to their success.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Privacy and security concerns must be addressed<\/strong> for system-wide e-Mental health to be viable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Standards and best practices must be developed<\/strong> so solutions can be assessed, practices chosen and outcomes measured.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>We need to think about vulnerable populations<\/strong>. People living in poverty, for instance, may not be reachable by e-Mental health.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Everyone needs to be involved to resolve barriers to e-Mental health<\/strong> \u2014 clinicians, not-for-profit organizations, medical schools, regulatory bodies, and federal and provincial\/territorial governments all need to be engaged to push forward e-Mental health strategies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This resource was published in 2017. The data may be out of date. 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