Evaluating Passive Digital Monitoring Tools
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What are passive digital monitoring tools?
Digital monitoring tools are apps, wearables, or platforms designed to collect information about a person’s day-to-day experiences over time.
Why are they important?
For people living with bipolar disorder, these tools can offer a way to notice patterns, like changes in sleep, routine, or mood, that might be too subtle, gradual, or hard to remember during an appointment.
What we are doing:
Our lived experience experts have been testing a range of passive digital monitoring tools designed to help people with bipolar disorder manage their symptoms. The best tools are those that capture information that feels relevant and provides insights that are genuinely useful to both patients and clinicians. In this way, these tools can provide information to bridge gaps between clinical visits.