Deploying Healthcare Technology “in the wild”: Experiences from Deploying a Mobile Health Technology for Bipolar Disorder Treatment

Mads Frost, Steven Houben

Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapterBook chapterCommunication

Abstract

In this case study, we report on experiences, situations, and lessons learned from working on the MONARCA research project, completed in close collaboration with patients and clinicians from the Affective Disorder Clinic at the University Hospital Copenhagen in Denmark. We discuss aspects of the design, implementation, and evaluation of MONARCA, and summarise some of the key issues and challenges that presented themselves during our work, including:
• Recruiting and motivating mental health patients to participate in healthcare technology research;
• Challenges that occur during data collection, specifically with interviewing mental health patients; and
• Dealing with unintended and surprising consequences in healthcare research.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFieldwork for Healthcare: Case studies investigating human factors in computing systems : Fieldwork for Healthcare: Case studies investigating human factors in computing systems
Number of pages8
PublisherMorgan and Claypool publishers
Publication dateDec 2014
ISBN (Print)2162-7258
ISBN (Electronic)2162-7266
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2014
SeriesDisability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
Volume5
ISSN1748-3107

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