STTR Phase I: A pediatric care platform to enable personalized and coordinated developmental and behavioral care for children

这一小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目的广泛影响/商业潜力针对的是儿童和家庭在发展和行为护理方面的关键需求和差距。多达五分之一的儿童有某种类型的行为和/或发育问题，需要诊断。在这些人中，80%的人可能没有足够的行为或发育护理。合格的发育和行为健康临床医生总体上仍然短缺，专家们难以满足当前的服务需求，这些需求在当前的新冠肺炎大流行期间急剧增加。美国儿科学会最近宣布儿童和青少年心理健康进入紧急状态。拟议的平台旨在使更多人能够获得有效的行为护理，并使家庭能够获得个性化的信息和支持，以及时解决关切问题。数据驱动的智能可能会允许一种可扩展的方法，并将作为为儿童和家庭提供全面发展和行为健康护理的门户。这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目将机器智能的研究应用于儿童和家庭的个性化发展和行为护理支持，并帮助解决儿童行为健康方面的迫切需求和当前的差距。拟议的研究和开发结合了一套能力，使儿童和照顾者能够及时获得他们所需的支持和护理。收集到的数据将使人工智能驱动的支持范围扩大。在其基础上，该平台寻求提供基于证据的内容、个性化的数据驱动的行为评估，并促进家庭护理导航。该平台可以使用技术来增加行为健康护理信息的传播，提供更多的访问和根据家庭需求量身定做的实时支持，并随着孩子的年龄和不同发展阶段的进步与家庭建立个人和长期的关系。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project targets the critical need and gap in developmental and behavioral care for children and families. Up to 1 in 5 children have some type of behavioral and/or developmental problem that requires diagnosis. Of these, 80% are likely to have insufficient behavioral or developmental care. There continues to be an overall shortage of qualified developmental and behavioral health clinicians, and specialists struggle to meet the current service demands which have increased dramatically during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The American Academy of Pediatrics recently declared a state of emergency in child and adolescent mental health. The proposed platform seeks to enable increased access to effective behavioral care and to allow families to get personalized information and support to address concerns in a timely fashion. The data-driven intelligence may allow for an approach that is scalable and that will serve as a gateway for comprehensive developmental and behavioral health care for children and families. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project applies research in machine intelligence to the personalized developmental and behavioral care support for children and families and helps to address the critical need and current gaps in children’s behavioral health. The proposed research and development bring together a suite of capabilities to allow children and caregivers to get the support and access to care that they need in a timely fashion. The data collected will enable the expansion of the artificial intelligence-driven support. At its foundation, the platform seeks to provide evidence-based content, personalized data-driven behavioral assessments, and facilitated care navigation for families. The platform can use technology to increase the dissemination of behavioral health care information, to provide increased access and real-time support that is tailored to the families’ needs, and to establish a personal and long-lasting relationship with families as their children age and progress through various developmental stages.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.