Thalamos develops eMHA, a digital platform that streamlines the Mental Health Act processes by digitizing statutory admission, treatment, and discharge forms, significantly reducing clerical errors by 90%. This technology decreases treatment times from over 14 days to less than 24 hours, enhancing patient care and operational efficiency across mental health services.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
The Mental Health Act processes rely heavily on paper-based forms for statutory admission, treatment, and discharge, leading to clerical errors and delays in treatment. This can negatively impact patient care and operational efficiency within mental health services.
Solution
Thalamos offers eMHA, a digital platform designed to streamline Mental Health Act processes by digitizing all statutory forms. The platform facilitates seamless communication and interoperability between hospitals, police, social care, and regulatory bodies involved in mental health crisis care. By reducing clerical errors and improving inter-agency communication, Thalamos significantly speeds up treatment times and enhances data quality. The solution provides real-time data insights, offering visibility across key performance metrics that were previously unachievable with paper-based systems, ultimately improving patient outcomes and staff experience.
Target Audience
The primary users are Integrated Care Systems, Mental Health Trusts, Local Authorities, Private Providers, Police forces, and the Care Quality Commission involved in mental health crisis care.
Features
- Digitizes all statutory admission, treatment, and discharge forms required by the Mental Health Act.
- Reduces clerical errors on MHA forms by digitizing the existing paper-based system and care pathway.
- Facilitates secure communication and data sharing between multiple agencies and care providers.
- Provides live data insights and visibility across key performance metrics.
- Offers a digital Second Opinion Appointed Doctor (SOAD) form and process for the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
- Supports Section 136 pathways for police forces, enabling quicker access to health-based places of safety.
- Integrated Care Systems enable all system-wide care providers involved in the mental health care pathway to communicate and interoperate digitally, and generate live data to inform decisions.