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Care manager perspectives on integrating an mHealth app system into clinical workflows: A mixed methods study
Jared M Bechtel1, Erin Lepoire1, Amy M Bauer1
1University of Washington, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, USA.
Objective:
mHealth can be a valuable means of monitoring symptoms and supporting care for rural patients, but barriers to implementation remain. This study aimed to examine care manager perspectives on the adoption, use and impact of an mHealth system deployed within a pragmatic Collaborative Care trial for rural patients with PTSD and/or Bipolar Disorder.
Method:
Sixteen care managers at 12 Federally Qualified Health Centers in 3 states participated in semi-structured interviews. Interviews were transcribed, coded, and thematically analyzed using the Unified Theory of Adoption and Use of Technology as a conceptual framework. App metadata was used to assess the frequency of a care manager reported phenomenon, clinically disengaged app use.
Results:
4 themes were identified: infrastructural limitations; redundant and incompatible clinical and mHealth workflows; cross platform and web access; and patient engagement and clinically disengaged app use. Most users had a period of consistently submitting symptom measures via the app while disengaged from care for >4 weeks.
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