ReachCare Mobile Apps for Patients Experiencing Suicidality in the Emergency Department: Development and Usability Testing Using Mixed Methods.
Celine LarkinSoussan DjamasbiEdwin D BoudreauxFatima VarzganiRoscoe GarnerMariam SiddiqueJohn PietroBengisu TuluPublished in: JMIR formative research (2023)
By adopting a user-centered approach and creating personas to guide development, we were able to create apps for ED patients with suicide risk and obtain satisfactory usability, engagement, and quality scores. Developing digital health tools based on user-centered design principles that deliver evidence-based intervention components may help overcome trenchant implementation barriers in challenging health care settings.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- healthcare
- health information
- end stage renal disease
- randomized controlled trial
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- public health
- primary care
- social media
- mental health
- quality improvement
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- risk assessment
- clinical trial
- patient reported
- drug induced