Alison L. Huckenpahler

Jul 24, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Simone A. Bernstein |Alison L. Huckenpahler |Ginger E. Nicol |Jessica Gold

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic led to a global mental health crisis,1 with increased mental health–related visits across specialties and emergency departments.2,3 This study aims to quantify this increase by comparing prepandemic and postpandemic patient messaging in psychiatry. With inbox electronic health records (EHRs) volume as the main outcome, we hypothesized an increase in postpandemic messages.