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Balancer

An open-source, AI-assisted tool intended to help clinicians research bipolar medication options.

Balancer patient summary screen showing risk assessment, prior medications, and recommended first-line treatment options with sources

The problem

Clinicians treating bipolar disorder navigate complex medication decisions with limited tooling. Open, transparent decision-support is rare in mental health.

My role

Co-lead of a Code for Philly volunteer team. Managed product direction, UX research and design, and partnerships with clinical advisors.

Key lessons & thoughts

  • Shipping small increments and getting fast feedback keeps target users engaged.
  • The landscape of provider tools expanded faster than we could keep up in terms of the features we were able to crank out.
  • Providers tend to stick to the same three medications that they are personally comfortable with, and those three vary from provider to provider. This is a major concern in the field.

Tags

Open sourceMental health infrastructureResponsible AIClinical decision support