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.