Course Description
Explore how digital therapeutics (DTx) are reshaping mental health treatment and transforming patient care. This session will guide you through the intricacies of regulatory approval for DTx, highlight the latest evidence-based options, and provide practical strategies for evaluating their effectiveness in clinical practice. Join us to stay ahead in this rapidly advancing field and enhance your ability to make informed decisions about digital tools for mental health.
Opening remarks for AAPP 2025 will be streamed before this session.
Learning Objectives
- Explain the difference between health and wellness applications and digital therapeutics (DTx)
- Describe DTx and its place in the treatment of mental health.
- Explain the regulatory process involved in clearing DTx applications through the FDA and other regulatory bodies.
- Identify if an available DTx application is evidence-based and recommended for use in the treatment of various mental illnesses.
Target Audience
If you are a pharmacist, nurse practitioner, or other health care professional involved in the comprehensive medication management of individuals living with mental health and/or substance use disorders, we invite you to participate in this online course.
Faculty
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Timothy Aungst, PharmD
Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Worcester, MA
Timothy Aungst, PharmD, is a professor of pharmacy practice and clinical pharmacist. He is clinically trained in ambulatory care, with a focus on cardiology and cardiometabolic conditions, alongside geriatric care. For the past decade, Timothy has focused upon the role of technology within clinical care. This has included the evaluation of mobile medical applications and constructing frameworks to identify clinically relevant mobile health tools. This has included evaluating over 2000+ mobile apps and related digital health products and serving as a mentor and judge for the MIT hacking medicine program. By combining his clinical knowledge with his digital health knowledge, he has become a leading subject matter expert on integrating smart medications, digital therapeutics, digital medicines, and remote patient monitoring, and digitalizing patient care. He has served in multiple digital health adivisorial roles related to clinical decision-making and payor coverage. He is a current advisor for the digital therapeutics alliance and aids the digital medicine society. Lastly, bridging his experience as an educator, he is leading committees within the American Pharmacist Association and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy to create standards of digital health care for current and future learners and the creation of certificates and training modules to get the pharmacy profession ready for the era of digital health care.
Course Requirements
To receive ACPE credit for this session, you must:
- Register for this course.
- Review the full content of the activity and reflect upon its teachings.
- Complete the evaluation at the end of the activity.
- Provide the necessary details in your profile to ensure correct reporting by AAPP to CPE Monitor.
Continuing Education Credit and Disclosures
Activity Dates: 04/27/2025 - 04/27/2028
ACPE Contact Hours: 1
ACPE Number: 0284-0000-25-002-H01-P (Knowledge)
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The American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
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