Mobile Health Application for Family and Behavioral Health Provider Communication

Clinical monitoring of mental health status has not evolved much from the routine meeting between patient and clinician, which suffers from a lack of quantification, irregular and anecdotal reporting, and does not necessarily include input from caregivers. This is unfortunate given today's technology, where people routinely volunteer to track their own health related behavior, such as exercise and sleep, via smartphone. This same technology could be used by clinicians to improve the timeliness, accuracy, and quality of care - in part by leveraging input from family, as well as patients. To address this opportunity, we propose SupportTeam, a mobile application that collects, analyzes, and monitors the input about the status and behavior of patients suffering from PTSD/TBI. SupportTeam is novel because it includes input from family and caregivers, as well as patients, and uses statistical techniques to better understand behavior and focus treatment. To process the data, SupportTeam will leverage statistical techniques to classify, predict, and analyze the data submitted. Data and results will be securely transmitted and available to the clinician at any time. We plan to build SupportTeam upon an established open source mobile client/server stack that is aimed at supporting the mHealth development community.