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LEADING EDGE

Ganesh Gopalakrishna
and Srivam Chellappan

MoodTrek - A New App
to Improve Mental Healthcare
epression is a chronic ment al illness
affecting millions
across the globe.
Physical activities
and sleep are some of the key determinates of the incidence, severity,
and prognosis of depression. A key
challenge in the treatment of mental
illnesses, including depression, is
a global shortage of mental health
professionals. This deficit results in
longer gaps between patient-provider interactions, which in turn results
in a "recency" effect negatively
impacting the understanding of the
patient's symptoms. In other words,
patients are likely to reflect on their
feelings or experiences over the
immediately preceding weeks when
asked by the clinician about their
progress for the interim period,
usually 2-3 months. Mobile health
(mhealth) has been a key player in
addressing disparities in care. In
turn, smartphones, which are easily accessible and have a growing
market, are an ideal candidate for
patients to maintain a log.
The University of Missouri at
Columbia and the Missouri Uni-

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versity of Science and Technology at Rolla in collaboration with
Cer ner Cor poration has intro duced a smartphone based app
to help patients manage depression. The app, MoodTrek, allows
patients to log their mood, sleep,
and activities and securely share
this information with their provider via the patient's Cerner Millennium Electronic Health Record
(EHR). Users a re a lso able to
sy nc a F itbit w ith the app to
automate the capture of objective information about sleep and

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physical activity. All data can be
accessed by a nd represented
as graphs by both patients and
their providers. In addition, the
app allows the user to place a
phone call to the U.S. National
Suicide Hotline with the touch
of the button in the event of an
emergency. The app is extremely
easy to use, taking less than six
seconds for a user to login and
record their information.
For a clinician, this information provides a better opportunity to understand the progress of

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