[Perception and use of an electronic medical record system by professionals of a public psychiatric hospital].

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the interest taken by the health care providers in the electronic medical file and its use within the quality improvement process.

Setting: Our institution is a 204-bed psychiatric hospital, employing 328 professionals and comprising three sectors: six units of complete hospitalisation (102 beds), one unit of week hospitalisation (15 beds), one unit of emergency (7 beds) and one unit of night hospitalisation (15 beds). Three extrahospital structures include the day hospitalisation (65 places), the medicopsychological centers (CMP) and the part-time therapeutic reception centers (CATTP) of the three sectors.