Theme 2: Remote Monitoring and Virtual Care
Addictions Treatment Support App
Designing Digital Technologies to Facilitate Self-Tracking and Support Substance Use Recovery
Lead:
David Hodgins
Principal Investigator:
Geoffrey Messier
Project Coordinator:
Teale Masrani
INNOVATION STAGE
Evaluation of Prototype
Health Innovation Focus
Mental Health & Addiction
Population and Setting
Vulnerable Adults
Technology and Intervention
Data Modelling, Platform and Dashboard Visualization
BENEFITS
For Users
Enhanced Self-Awareness: By tracking daily metrics, users can become more attuned to their physical and mental states.
Accountability and Motivation: Visual progress tracking helps users see their achievements, fostering accountability and motivation.
Structured Routine: Regular reminders for check-ins encourage consistent habits, helping users establish stability in their daily lives.
Peer Support: The community feature enables connection with others, reducing isolation and providing encouragement.
For The System
Improved Recovery Outcomes: Structured tracking tools can support more sustainable recovery outcomes by reinforcing positive behaviors.
Data-Driven Insights: The app offers valuable insights into recovery patterns, helping inform the design of future digital health tools for substance use recovery.
Enhanced Treatment Support: The app serves as a supplementary resource for healthcare providers, adding structure and support outside of clinical settings.
Project Theme Information
People in substance use recovery often benefit from tracking their journey to help maintain sobriety and stay on a positive trajectory. However, it can be challenging to keep track of cravings, mental health, triggers, and progress in one organized place. There is currently limited research on how well digital platforms can support individuals in recovery, and insights are needed to inform the design of tools that help people meet their recovery goals.
The Zamplo app is a digital platform that functions as a personal recovery journal, enabling users to track their health, recovery milestones, and personal well-being. It allows users to log goals, cravings, physical symptoms, mental health markers, and other recovery-related data. The app provides features for goal-setting, visual progress tracking, and a community space to connect with others in recovery.
Zamplo users can set real-time recovery goals, perform regular “goal check-ins,” and track cravings, triggers, and coping strategies. The app includes features to monitor physical and mental health symptoms, log activities (e.g., exercise), track appointments (e.g., AA meetings), and visualize their progress through graphs. Confidentiality is maintained for all data, and a community feature connects users with others who share similar experiences.
Other Known Cases:
Zamplo is already used by others outside of the substance-use area. These individuals use Zamplo to stay organized and track their progression during physical or mental health crises. The purpose of Zamplo in these instances is to allow patients to collect and store all personal health data such as medication side effects, symptom progression, and other related metrics. This data can then be shared, if the user chooses, with their doctors and caretakers. This leads to one centralized location for all information relevant to a patients' health journey. Importantly, this data is controlled by the patient themselves, rather than the healthcare practitioners.
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