How can mental health outcomes benefit when therapists are able to access patient data more easily? A recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “Imagine if your therapist could access data from your smartphone,” examined the role that new apps and platforms like Chorus may be able to support more effective treatment of depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions.
Mental health treatment research is now exploring how digital apps built using the Chorus platform are elevating patient care by providing therapists with a stream of information between sessions, as well as options for providers to intervene if necessary.
Monitoring clinical status using apps built with Chorus
Mental health treatment research is now exploring how digital apps built using the Chorus platform are elevating patient care by providing therapists with a stream of information between sessions, as well as options for providers to intervene if necessary.
This study leveraged the Chorus platform to develop an interactive voice recording app, in which patients could respond to open ended feedback questions. The questions centered on two prompts:
- “What are your reactions about using this tool?”
- “What do you think is good or bad about this approach?”
Using interactive voice recordings, the app collected speech samples from patients, and then allowed providers to review samples and submit a global assessment rating for each call. Machine learning was used to assess ratings and training methods (population as well as individualized) to ensure that there was no introduction of bias.
This study demonstrates that biomarkers compiled from voice recordings can be effectively collected through technology platforms like Chorus, and also shows that key features from those samples can help track individual changes in mental health status over time. In this case, technology can help not only with data collection, but also with analysis and ongoing tracking over time, therefore helping power the work of researchers and clinicians.
In the future, this technology could even serve as an early notification or intervention system to help clinicians respond to and prevent crises.
The next wave of digital health: Enabling researchers and clinicians to develop their own applications
The ability to leverage a no code platform offers critical benefits for clinicians and researchers. Not only can professionals rapidly build applications to power their work, without the financial and technical barriers to deployment, but these applications can be precisely tailored to specific populations and clinical needs.
As Armen states in the WSJ article, “Enabling clinicians to respond more quickly to the needs of patients, especially in between visits, as well as predict crisis and help patients proactively, is much better than looking at apps in isolation and disconnected from human-based-in-person care.” He notes that, with the flexibility of the Chorus platform, mental health professionals can rapidly adapt to clinical and research needs and access vital technologies that serve to supplement and strengthen their work.
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