Ryan Smith
Founder and Director of 5 Point Acupuncture and 5 Point App
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Ryan Smith, M.S., Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM)®, L.Ac., C.SMA, Co-Investigator and CEO of 5 Point App Inc., received his Master’s Degree from the Tristate College of Acupuncture in 2008. He is a licensed acupuncturist with experience at some of the world’s leading health centers, including the Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. Ryan earned his certificate in Advanced Oncology Acupuncture from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. As the Founder and Director of 5 Point Acupuncture, he utilizes acupuncture’s precision and power as part of a holistic, integrative approach to health and well-being. Ryan has developed and taught curricula such as The Treatment of Orthopedic Disorders, Myology and Trigger Points, and The Foundations of Evidence-Informed Practice at Pacific College of Health Sciences (PCHS) and Tristate College of Acupuncture (TSCA). He also teaches online acupressure classes for Illness Related Fatigue (IRF) and sleep disturbances for patient-supportive nonprofits. A lifelong learner committed to advancing patient care, Ryan is currently exploring using technology to promote effective self-care techniques. His company, 5 Point App, Inc., is developing its first mobile health (mHealth) software, EnergyPoints, a patient activation and educational app that offers an opportunity to mainstream acupressure—a beneficial strategy to help patients self-manage their symptoms. He is a co-investigator of a Small Business Research Innovation grant funded by the National Cancer Institute to examine the feasibility and usability of the EnergyPoints app.
www.EnergyPointsApp.com
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Usability of EnergyPoints™ to Guide Acupressure Use for Fatigue and Sleep Disturbances
In this late-breaking poster session, our multidisciplinary team (acupuncture, nursing, psychology, integrative health) describes results of a usability study evaluating the use of a new mHealth app. EnergyPoints™ teaches and guides people living with cancer to implement daily acupressure to self-manage their symptoms at home. Using an integrated agile, user-centered design, 20 people with cancer participated in a think-aloud session onboarding and using the app to locate acupoints and then used the app to self-administer acupressure at home (twice daily for 1 week) while continuously wearing a fitness tracker synched with the app. The app measures self-report of symptoms daily and with weekly standardized PROMIS© measures. Findings support usability and guided improvements to the app based on user-experience. Research reported in this presentation was supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R43CA261446 (Beck, SL, PI). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Ryan Smith
Founder and Director of 5 Point Acupuncture and 5 Point App
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