- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
McGill University
2023
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
2020
Center for Innovation
2019-2020
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
2019
Veterans Health Administration
2019
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
2019
Video telehealth technology has the potential to enhance access for patients with clinical, social, and geographic barriers care. We evaluated implementation of a US Department Veterans Affairs (VA) initiative distribute tablets high-need barriers.In this mixed methods study, we examined tablet adoption (ie, facility-level distribution rates patient-level utilization rates) reach sociodemographic clinical characteristics recipients) between 5/1/16 9/30/17. Concurrently, surveyed 68 facility...
Background Video-based health care can help address access gaps for patients and is rapidly being offered by organizations. However, who lack to technology may be left behind in these initiatives. In 2016, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) began distributing video-enabled tablets provide video visits veterans with barriers. Objective This study aimed evaluate veterans’ experiences VA-issued identify patient characteristics associated preferences vs in-person care. Methods A baseline...
In 2016, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) began distributing video-enabled tablets to veterans with access barriers. This study evaluated implementation of this initiative for mental health conditions, including impact tablet receipt on and continuity care, missed opportunities use urgent care.A retrospective matched cohort was conducted, matching recipients diagnoses disorders (N=728) a comparison group (N=1,020) basis sociodemographic characteristics, utilization diagnoses,...
Virtual care holds promise for offering services to Veterans Affairs (VA) patients who have barriers accessing care. In 2016, the VA began issuing video-enabled tablets with geographic, clinical, and/or social in-person To complement a national evaluation of system-level implementation and effectiveness these tablets, we sought understand whether VA-issued generated money time savings patients. We distributed survey 2,120 received administered follow-up 3-6 months later. The final analysis...
When bad things happen people often seek out close others for support to help regulate their negative emotions. The degree which providers are responsive the specific needs of seekers is associated with many outcomes, including how effective that in regulating emotion. ability accurately assess emotions experienced by seems crucial, yet few studies have examined role this type accuracy plays provision. We predicted individuals who assessed being a seeker would provide more support. Further,...
Communicating emotional experiences effectively is critical for adaptive functioning and personal interpersonal well-being. Here, we investigated whether variability in depression symptoms undermines people’s ability to express their emotions others (“emotional expressive accuracy”) how those communication dynamics influence other’s impressions. In Phase 1, 49 “targets” were videotaped describing significant autobiographical events; they then watched videos continuously rated...
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