Towards an Information Strategy for the Manic-Depressive Disorder Chain-of-care

This article presents the results of the chain analysis of the Manic-Depressive Disorder chain-of-care according to the standard method of Chain-Computerisation (see the appendix to this article). A chain analysis aims at determining (beforehand) the chance of success of a chain information system. A theoretical and practical introduction to this chain analysis methodology can be found in the founding article in this journal.1 This chain analysis is part of the Chain Landscape Research Programme at the Department of Information and Computing Sciences of the University of Utrecht. Conclusions are drawn with regard to a suitable information strategy for this chain and to potential impacts on relevant current or intended IT-projects.