In this presentation, participants will learn more about some of the largest challenges facing the child and youth mental health (CYMH) sector in Canada, such as implementing tools to promote better outcomes data and improve clinical efficiencies. This session will be led by Capitalize for Kids (C4K), a non-profit organization that works in collaboration with mental health providers across Canada to implement solutions to some of the biggest challenges in the sector. C4K leverages its internal consulting team and pro-bono consulting partners to execute high-impact operational and clinical improvement projects at no charge or low-cost to community agencies. This session will provide a brief overview of how C4K was founded and how it is able to raise funding and execute an impact model for the benefit of children, youth and families in Canada facing mental health challenges. The presentation will also include an overview of two key eMental Health-related projects: 1) The Measurement-Based Care (MBC) Accelerator Project, and 2) An AI Report Writer Pilot for community child and youth mental health agencies. The MBC Accelerator Project is a 5-year initiative led by C4K with 15 community child and youth mental health agencies. The project involves the implementation of measurement-based care technology and clinical/data process changes that will enable kids, youth and families to better understand treatment outcomes routinely. This MBC data is then used to engage with the client and clinician in each clinical session, to collaboratively discuss treatment trajectory and make decisions the guide care. The project also includes workstreams in evaluation/research and the creation of a common database of MBC outcomes and client journey data to enable a Learning Health System model for continuously improvement and learning across the agencies. The session will provide an overview of this ambitious project as well as a status update on implementation. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Report Writing pilot is a project with a Toronto-based community child and youth agency that wants to reduce the administrative burden on busy clinicians that are spending too much non-value-added time documenting client sessions for reporting purposes. While AI is beginning to be used in acute care hospitals and primary care clinics, community child and youth mental health are not typically funded or supported to implement new technologies early in the technology adoption cycle. The session will provide an overview of the project and key learnings from implementation to date.

