imHealth Research Collaborative

Integrated Digital Technology Research Collaborative focuses on mobile app research and other technological interventions to improve mental health outcomes of underrepresented patient populations.

Our group is led by Dr. Maggie Emerson of UNMC College of Nursing. We specifically focus on research within the integrated care setting where patients can receive collaborative, interdisciplinary care within the primary care environment through the strategic consultation and team-based approach which leverages a psychiatric nurse practitioner and behavioral health provider to support care. 

Past Projects

• Digital Navigation Training
• Health Literacy Assessment for Mental Health Mobile Apps: Emerson MR, Buckland S, Lawlor M, Dinkel D, Johnson D, Mickles M, Fok L, & Watanabe-Galloway S. Addressing and Evaluating Health Literacy in mHealth: A Scoping Review. mHealth. 2022 (In Press)
• Mobile App Integration into Integrated Care Clinic Settings:
  • Dinkel DM, Caspari JH, Fok L, Notice M, Johnson DJ, Watanabe-Galloway S, Emerson M. A qualitative exploration of the feasibility of integrating mental health apps into integrated primary care clinics. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 2021 (September). DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibab075.)
  • Emerson MR, Watanabe-Galloway S, Dinkel D, Kotcherlakota S, Fok L. Lessons learned in selection and review of depression apps for primary care settings. J Technology and Behavioral Science. 2021; 6:42-53.
  • Emerson MR, Caspari JH, Notice M, Watanabe-Galloway S, Dinkel D, Kabayundo J. Mental health mobile app use: Considerations for serving underserved patients in integrated primary care settings. General Hospital Psychiatry. 2021. 
•  ACCES Integrated Care Project: Watanabe-Galloway S, Emerson MR, Doyle M, Harsh-Caspari J, Johnson D, Qiu F. How to effectively transition patients back from psychiatric care to PC: Access Initiative protocol development. Psychiatric Services. 2021 (November).