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Objective:  Care planning integrates a growing number of disciplines, research fields and analysis techniques. A framework of the main areas of interest with regard to evidence‐based health care in mental health is provided here.

Method:  The framework is based on the experience of working with data analysts and health and social decision makers at the PSICOST/RIRAG network, a Spanish research association which includes psychiatrists, health economists and health policy experts, as well as on a review of the literature.

Results:  Three main areas have been identified and described here: outcomes management, knowledge discovery from data, and decision support systems. Their use in mental health care is reviewed.

Conclusion:  It is important to promote bridging strategies among these new fields in order to enhance communication and information transfer between the different parts involved in …