Health Happens In The White Space

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Kelly Blasko, Ph.D.Lead PsychologistMilitary Family Technology-Focused Prevention ProgramNational Center for Telehealth & TechnologyDefense Center of Excellence

11 September 2014

Health Happens In The White Space

Disclaimer

The views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the U.S. Department of Defense or the U.S. Government.

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White Space Defined

“A snapshot of the average year with the average patient shows that healthcare providers spend approximately 100 minutes with their patient during that year. How much health happens in those 100 minutes?...But what happens in the remaining 525,600 minutes of that year? What happens in the ‘White Space?’ I will tell you what I think happens – that is where health is built, that is where people live.”

Lieutenant General Patricia D. HorohoThe Surgeon General of the United State ArmyTestimony for Committee on Appropriations8 March 2012

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Fundamental Goal: Flourishing

• Feeling good & functioning effectively

• Self-report & subjective measure

• Have better health & life expectancy

– Learn effectively

– Work productively

– Better social relationships

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Source: Huppert & So (2009)

Me: A Day in a Life

• Sleep

• Eat

• Exercise

• Work

• Errands

• Leisure

• Socialize

• Family

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Technology & Accessibility: A Day in a Life

• Which device?

• Where?

• What for?

• When?

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Where Is The Overlap?

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“Within the 100 minutes” Paradigm

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CollaborativeRelationship

Knowledge, Skills

Technology For

Healthy Living

Technology As

Provider

“White Space” Paradigm

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Empowerment

Healthy Habits Augment Care

Key Elements of Development

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Technology

ProviderExpertise

Scenario #1: Education

• Megan experiencing the return of her father from a deployment with post-traumatic stress disorder

• Unknowns:

– Why is my Dad acting differently?

– Why am I feeling angry?

– What is going to happen to my family


Step 1: Web-Based Passive Learning


Animated Graphic Novel

Micro-Documentaries

Basic Sharing

Step 2: Responsive Web Interactive Learning


Step 3: Education with Skill-Building


Scenario #2: Tracking

• John feels like he is always feeling down because he is overwhelmed with work and family responsibilities.

• Unknowns:

– Why am I feeling down?

– What can I do to make myself feel better?

– When will I feel better?


Step #1: Web-Based Education & Self-Assessment


Step #2: Mobile App-Based Tracking

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Step #3: Quantified Self Dashboard


Scenario #3: Skill-Building

• Mary and Bill just found out that they have to move in 3 months. They are worried about how their four-year-old daughter will handle it.

• Unknowns:

– How will she react to the news?

– What can we do to help her adjust to moving?


Step #1: Web-Based Guides


Step #2: Mobile App-Based Skill-Building


“White Space” & You, The Provider

• Technology in the “white space” does NOT mean replace care but rather enhance treatment

– Lowering barriers to treatment

– Boosting Treatment as Usual

– Keeping up with patients

• What about the provider’s white space? Office? Personal?

• More data, more productive, more patients?


Not Just Technology But Motivation

• Design to motivate

• Just building it isn’t enough

• Must show the immediate value to the patient

• Explore behavior change models


Harness the White Space

• White Space is vast and full of opportunity

• “Spend time with time wasters”: Where are the inefficiencies?1

• Look for disruptive innovations in design

• Look for the overlaps between “the day in the life” of people and technology

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1Source: May 2012 Wired magazine article “How To Spot The Future” by Thomas Goetz

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Bibliography

Diener, E., Helliwell, J., Lucas, R. & Schimmack, U. (2009) Well-being for Public Policy. USA: Oxford University Press.

Huppert, F.A. (2009) Psychological well-being: Evidence regarding its causes and consequences. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-being, 1(2), 137-164.

Huppert, F.A. & So, T.T.C. (July 2009). What percentage of people in Europe are flourishing. Presented at OECD/IQOLS meeting. Florence, Italy.

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Contact Information

Kelly Blasko, Ph.D.

Lead PsychologistMilitary Family Technology-Focused Prevention ProgramNational Center for Telehealth & TechnologyDefense Center of Excellence

[email protected]

http://t2health.dcoe.mil

http://militarykidsconnect.dcoe.mil

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