Utility of the T2 Mood Tracker mobile application among army warrior transition unit service members.

Many military personnel returning from deployment experience increases in psychological symptoms, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and mood changes. Patient health diaries are commonly used for self-reporting over time away from the clinic. "T2 Mood Tracker" is an application ("app") for smartphones and other mobile devices that enables users to rate their moods, to self-monitor across time, and to report their emotional experiences to health providers.

Incentives to create and sustain healthy behaviors: technology solutions and research needs.

Health-related technology, its relevance, and its availability are rapidly evolving. Technology offers great potential to minimize and/or mitigate barriers associated with achieving optimal health, performance, and readiness. In support of the U.

Leveraging technology: creating and sustaining changes for health.

Objective: The rapid growth and evolution of health-related technology capabilities are driving an established presence in the marketplace and are opening up tremendous potential to minimize and/or mitigate barriers associated with achieving optimal health, performance, and readiness. This article summarizes technology-based strategies that promote healthy habits related to physical activity, nutrition, and sleep.

Materials And Methods: The Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center convened a workshop titled "Leveraging Technology: Creating & Sustaining Changes for Health" (May 29-30, 2013, Fort Detrick, MD).

Soldiers' preferences for follow-up communications with behavioral health providers.

Background: Recent research has shown value in utilizing follow-up communication with patients to improve long-term outcomes of behavioral health, particularly among the most high-risk patients.

Materials And Methods: We surveyed 38 active-duty Army personnel who were attached as behavioral health patients to a Warrior Transition Unit at a large military installation to ask their preferences for follow-up communication to behavioral healthcare.

Results: Strongest preferences for contact were (1) personal cellphone, (2) text message, and (3) e-mail to non-work account.

Key enablers to facilitate healthy behavior change: workshop summary.

The increases in preventable chronic diseases and the rising costs of health care are unsustainable. The US Army Surgeon General's vision to transition from a health care system to a system of health requires the identification of key health enablers to facilitate the adoption of healthy behaviors. In support of this vision, the US Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center hosted a workshop in April 2013 titled "Incentives to Create and Sustain Change for Health.