EPION Metabolic Monitoring App: How CMHA Thunder Bay is using the interactive tool with clients

EPION’s Metabolic Monitoring working group developed an interactive web tool to promote metabolic monitoring for people with mental illness. This issue of EENet’s Promising Practice highlights how the EPI program at CMHA Thunder Bay has been using EPION’s Metabolic Monitoring tool in their practice.

EPION’s Metabolic Monitoring working group developed an interactive web tool to promote metabolic monitoring for people with mental illness. This tool allows clients and clinicians to monitor clients’ measurements (waist, blood pressure, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, blood sugar, and body mass index), medications and current side effects, lifestyle (smoking, alcohol use, exercise), sleep and nutrition.

CMHA Thunder Bay highlights that the tool has a very simple structure to capture all the domains and areas in metabolic monitoring. It is easy to use, brief, and can be tailored to suit the program and client.

This tool allows clients to:

• track their own metabolic risk factors
• set related healthy lifestyle goals, healthy target zones and calendar reminder to continue monitoring and following up on their goals

This issue of EENet’s Promising Practice highlights how the EPI program at CMHA Thunder Bay has been using the tool in their practice. Keri, Emily and Corrine, Nurse Care Coordinators at CMHA Thunder Bay shared their experiences and tips for using the tool with clients.

Click here to view the full update (pdf).