Welcome to Health-e Law, Sheppard Mullin's podcast addressing the fascinating health-tech topics and trends of the day. Our digital health legal team, alongside brilliant experts and thought-leaders, share how innovations can solve some of healthcare’s (and maybe the world’s) biggest problems…if properly navigated. In our inaugural episode, Dr. Laura Tully, Vice President of Clinical Services at ChatOwl, a virtual mental wellness company, joins our hosts to discuss the importance of transparency in health-tech’s data collection and use, including how it can drive engagement and outcome.

What We Discussed in this Episode

• What have you been working on? Why is data your world right now?

• What kind of solutions and digital health products trigger issues related to data collection and use?

• Why is the healthcare industry so ravenous for data on both the solutions and business sides?

• What does retention look like? How can transparency boost those numbers?

• Can a greater level of transparency enhance the quality of the data that's collected?

• What does transparency look like in practice?

About Dr. Laura Tully

Dr. Laura Tully is a Harvard-trained, internationally-recognized subject matter expert in digital health solutions for serious mental health. Her specific expertise includes ethical data use, trauma-informed suicide risk management, and digital wellness products for marginalized communities. As ChatOwl, Inc.'s Vice President of Clinical Services, she spearheads the development of AI-driven clinical interventions accessible to all adults facing mental health challenges. 

Before joining ChatOwl, Dr. Tully served UC Davis Health, first as Director of Clinical Training in Early Psychosis Programs, then as Assistant Director of the California Early Psychosis Training and Technical Assistance Program (EP TTA), and finally as Associate Professor in Psychiatry. Since joining ChatOwl, she has maintained an association with UC Davis as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Medicine.

Additional Resources:

National Institute of Mental Health – Statistics on Mental Illness

National Library of Medicine – User Experience, Engagement, and Popularity in Mental Health Apps

Objective User Engagement with Mental Health Apps – System Search and Panel-Based Usage Analysis 

Incorporating Community Partner Perspectives on eHealth Technology Data Sharing Practices for the California Early Psychosis Intervention Network: Qualitative Focus Group Study With a User-Centered Design Approach