Purpose
HEARTSMAP is an electronic psychosocial screening and management tool that was developed by the Divisions of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Psychiatry at BC Children’s in a project led by Dr. Quynh Doan. The tool was created for clinicians to assess patients that present with mental health concerns in the ER. It was validated for efficacy in the pediatric population and has been implemented at 50 emergency departments across 5 health authorities in B.C.
HEARTSMAP-U is a version of HEARTSMAP, specifically designed to help identify mental health concerns of university students, so that the students can be connected with the care they need as early as possible. The pilot project (with a proto-type of 80 students) showed promise, so the study is being expanded to 500 UBC students, with the goal of validating its efficacy and specificity in the self-assessment.
Our Involvement
Our team created and hosts the new version of the screening tool, HEARTSMAP-U, in Oracle APEX. We also provide ongoing support to the study workflow and data collection in REDCap, including E-consent, SMS reminders for appointments, clinical assessments, and 3 month follow ups.
Services Used
Electronic Data Collection
Data Applications
“We have had and continue to have only positive experiences working with the FoM Digital Solutions Research Technology team. They are diligent, attentive, professional, and excellent communicators. Through all interactions with the team and the high quality of work and support they consistently provide, it is evident that the Research Technology team deeply cares about the work they do to support health research at the UBC FoM. We are excited to continue working with them now and into the future!”
-Dr. Quynh Doan, Interim Senior Executive Director & Clinical Research Director, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Publications
Koopmans, E., Black, T., Newton, A., Dhugga, G., Karduri, N., & Doan, Q. (2019). Provincial dissemination of HEARTSMAP, an emergency department psychosocial assessment and disposition decision tool for children and youth. Paediatrics & Child Health, 24(6), p.359–365, https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxz038