Lessons from the deployment of the SPIRIT app to support collaborative care for rural patients with complex psychiatric conditions

ABSTRACT

We report the design and deployment of a mobile health system for patients receiving primary care-based mental health services (Collaborative Care) for post-traumatic stress disorder and/or bipolar disorder in rural health centers. Here we describe the clinical model, our participatory approach to designing and deploying the mobile system, and describe the final system. We focus on the integration of the system into providers' clinical workflow and patient registry system. We present lessons learned about the technical and training requirements for integration into practice that can inform future efforts to incorporate health technologies to improve care for patients with psychiatric conditions.

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Index Terms

• Applied computing

  • Life and medical sciences

    • Consumer health

    • Health informatics