As a psychologist and senior researcher at GGZ Oost Brabant in the Expertise Center Eating Disorders, I recently started working with HealthTalk in a test situation through the DAISy project (ITEA grant) and soon through our Digitization department. Since my start at GGZ Oost Brabant in 2018, after several research positions at universities, I have gained experience in counselling clients and research on eating disorders. Although I am not yet using HealthTalk in daily practice, I conducted a number of fictitious intake interviews during the testing phase. 

My first impression of the system was very positive. The program helped me through the interview in a structured way and automatically generated a clear summary at the end. I found the topic list for the intake interviews particularly useful. The system automatically checks off topics that have been discussed, and the summary feature allows for significant time savings in reporting. 

I have high hopes for the time savings HealthTalk can provide, especially for intake interviews where I normally spend at least half an hour on reporting. I expect HealthTalk can reduce this time by up to half. One feature I would like to test is multiple-speaker identification, which would certainly be useful for group therapy sessions.

As a psychologist at GGz Centraal, with years of experience in mental health care, I have been using HealthTalk during a pilot for the past three months. This period I used HealthTalk during intake interviews and regularly during treatment interviews. My first impression of the system was positive; I saw a lot of potential in the possibilities offered by the platform. There were some technical glitches in the beginning, but significant improvements soon followed, making use increasingly smooth. 

What I particularly appreciate about HealthTalk is the time savings it can bring during intake interviews. The extensive functions of the system help me to work more efficiently, and I already notice that reporting an intake interview takes about 45 minutes on average. With a little more experience, this can easily be reduced by 20 minutes. In regular treatment sessions, it does not save much time at the moment, but it does benefit the treatment to go through the reporting together with the other person.  

In short, I see HealthTalk as a valuable addition to my work and look forward to further developments that will make the platform even more efficient.