metaSOFT International
Clinical Module

Psychiatry Module

Structured psychiatric care — assessments, treatment plans, medication management and mental health outcome tracking.

Structured assessments
validated psychiatric rating scales
Medication management
psychotropic-specific safety alerts
Outcome scales
PHQ-9, GAD-7, MMSE and more
Confidential records
strict access control and audit logs
Benefits

What your psychiatry department gains from day one.

Psychiatric assessment with validated rating scales

Structured psychiatric assessment forms with embedded PHQ-9, GAD-7, MMSE, PANSS, BPRS and other validated tools — scores calculated automatically and stored in the patient's longitudinal record.

Treatment plan with goals and milestones

Individualised psychiatric treatment plans with measurable goals, intervention types, expected milestones and review dates — updated collaboratively by the treating team at each review session.

Medication management with psychotropic alerts

Psychotropic prescribing with drug-specific interaction alerts (QTc prolongation, serotonin syndrome, metabolic monitoring requirements) — ensuring safe prescribing for complex polypharmacy patients.

Session notes with structured templates

Structured psychiatric session notes capturing mental state examination, risk assessment, formulation update and management plan — compliant with accreditation and medicolegal documentation standards.

Outcome measurement over time

Outcome scale scores graphed longitudinally — enabling the clinician to demonstrate treatment response, identify relapses early and provide objective data for clinical review boards and accreditation.

Strict record confidentiality and access control

Psychiatric records protected by enhanced access controls — only authorised clinical staff can view sensitive records; every access is logged in an immutable audit trail for regulatory and medicolegal compliance.

Feature highlights

Clinically rigorous. Operationally secure. Audit-ready.

Assessment forms with validated scales

  • PHQ-9, GAD-7, MMSE, PANSS, BPRS, AUDIT, DAST and more
  • Auto-scored with severity interpretation displayed
  • Risk stratification (suicide, self-harm, harm to others)
  • Mental state examination structured documentation

Session documentation

  • Structured session note (individual, group, family therapy)
  • Risk assessment update per session with escalation flags
  • Formulation and management plan narrative
  • Consent and capacity documentation

Treatment plan tracking

  • Biopsychosocial formulation and diagnosis list
  • Treatment goals with milestone and review dates
  • Multi-modal treatment tracking (pharmacological, psychological, social)
  • Case review and multidisciplinary meeting documentation

Psychotropic prescription management

  • QTc prolongation and serotonin syndrome interaction alerts
  • Metabolic monitoring reminders (weight, glucose, lipids)
  • Controlled substance prescribing with regulatory tracking
  • Depot injection schedule and administration recording

Outcome dashboards

  • Longitudinal outcome scale graph per patient
  • Department-level outcome summary and readmission rate
  • Diagnosis prevalence and length-of-stay reporting
  • Accreditation-ready outcome data export

Audit-ready access logs

  • Enhanced record-level access control for psychiatric notes
  • Immutable audit log of every record view and edit
  • Break-glass emergency access with mandatory justification
  • Privacy compliance reporting for regulatory bodies
Part of metaSOFT HMS

Psychiatry is one of 20+ integrated modules on the metaSOFT HMS platform — one database, one patient record, one source of truth.

Mental health care demands the highest standards of documentation rigour, medication safety and record confidentiality. The metaSOFT Psychiatry Module is built to meet all three — validated rating scales, psychotropic-specific CDSS alerts and enhanced access controls are standard, not add-ons.

Integration with the HMS means that a psychiatry patient's medical history, laboratory results and pharmacy record are accessible to the treating psychiatrist in context — without requiring separate system logins or breaking confidentiality boundaries set by the access control framework.