Results: Data obtained from the software has been successfully used to provide activity reports for managers (e.g. frequency, duration and nature of client contacts). Staff report that recording activity data in this way provides a helpful structure to guide their care programming, enables staff to evaluate their care patterns and promotes a greater clarity of thinking.
Conclusion: Despite a number of practical problems, a computer driven care programme approach is a usable clinical tool that also provides hard measures of mental health professionals' activity. It also enables model guidance and programme replication.
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