Digital Mental Health in the UK

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International Mental Health Leadership Conference
Dr Alison Longwill (Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead), Ewan Davis
Directors HANDIHealth Community Interest Company
alison@handihealth.org
ewan@handihealth.org
People with mental health issues

Access to information
Assessing and identifying needs- including challenge
to existing models of mental health
Self-monitoring- measured self
Patient controlled personal health records (PHRs)
Online therapy services, self-help tools and apps.
Therapeutic gaming
Supporting integrated care and co-production of
services- customised delivery
Assistive technologies to support care and quality of
life
Peer and network support

Professional support

Information and research and best
practice evidence
Supporting clinical networks and sharing
clinical opinion and advice
Enabling the remote monitoring of mental
healthcare

Service evaluation

Tools for finding services and rating care
"Big data" analytics and assessment of
health and care needs and service
outcomes
Cost-effectiveness what works and what
doesnt supporting commissioning

Improving and developing services

Campaigning and reducing stigma
Challenging poor and ineffective practice
Developing new service models

Likely barriers to the use of digital tools
Awareness
Lack of awareness of the potential of digital
approaches - low eHealth literacy and
technophobia
Design and integration
Poor design and lack of end user involvement
Poor interoperability and orchestration.
Lack of integration and blending of digital
approaches in overall delivery
Lack of appropriate access


The challenges
Culture and models
Changing power relations in models of mental health and service
delivery empowerment and challenge of the citizen
Perceived threat of exposing poor current practice
Fear of job losses and redundancy
Risk
Finding and evaluating, safe, effective and appropriate tools
Poor previous experiences of IMT implementation
Risk aversion
Workload, cost and liability issues
Information governance
Business models
Lack of appropriate business models and procurement processes
Need for cultural and business process change processes to
support adoption

What HANDI Knows
Fail Fast
Business models
Interoperability and orchestration
Quality and regulation
UI, UX and information design
User centred design
Gamification
Tech for apps
Some Links
Links and Resources http://handihealth.org/iimhl

SHaRON http://www.sharon.nhs.uk/
Psychiatry Online http://www.psychiatry-uk.com/
Big White Wall www.bigwhitewall.com
DocReady www.docready.org,
Buddy www.buddyapp.co.uk/
My Journey www.sabp.nhs.uk/eiip/app
HANDI Open Platform www.handi-hopd.org.

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