title: HIV Care Providers' Attitudes regarding Mobile Phone Applications and Web-Based Dashboards to support Patient Self-Management and Care Coordination: Results from a Qualitative Feasibility Study.
abstract: In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with healthcare providers (HCPs) from five HIV medical care coordination teams in a large Los Angeles County HIV clinic, including physicians, nurses, and psychosocial services providers. HCPs reported on the potential utility, acceptability, and barriers for patient self-monitoring and notifications via mobile phones, and web-based dashboards for HCPs. Potential benefits included: 1) enhancing patient engagement, motivation, adherence, and self-management; and 2) improving provider-patient relationships and HCP care coordination. Newly diagnosed and patients with co-morbidities were highest priorities for mobile application support. Facilitators included universal mobile phone ownership and use of smartphones or text messaging. Patient-level barriers included concerns about low motivation and financial instability for consistent use by some patients. Organizational barriers, cited primarily by physicians, included concerns about privacy protections, easy dashboard access, non-integrated electronic records, and competing burdens in limited appointment times. Psychosocial services providers were most supportive of the proposed mobile tools.
authors.affiliation: Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS), Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, 10920 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
authors.forename: Dallas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Swendeman
authors.affiliation: Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS), Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, 10920 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Farmer
authors.affiliation: Center for Culture and Health, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science, NPI-Semel Institute for Neuroscience, 760 Westwood Plaza, Box 62, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1759, USA.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mindry
authors.affiliation: Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS), Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, 10920 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
authors.forename: Sung-Jae
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS), Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, 10920 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Medich
keywords: Care coordination; Co-morbidities; HIV care; Healthcare providers; Mobile phones; Psychosocial services providers; Self-management; Self-monitoring