M-HEALTH & ADHERENCE SYSTEMBASIC TERMINOLOGYLink for video demonstration of this topic 👇https://youtu.be/lMBHaK198Pw
•Adherence: It is generally described as the extent to which patients take medications as prescribed by their health care providers.
•M-health: M-health or mobile health is a term used for the practice of medicine & public health supported by mobile devices. The m-health has emerged from e-health, the use of technology, mobile devices & communication satellites for health services and information.
INTRODUCTION
Adherence to long term therapy in outpatient department is difficult as outpatient department generally faces improper care or are out of watch from the healthcare professionals. And these adherence is necessary to reduce the prevalence of chronic diseases such as AIDS, diabetes, tuberculosis, malaria etc for which generally patients are given long term therapy without getting admitted in hospital i.e. Such patients are generally outpatients.
Thus, healthcare providers are now using a variety of mobile technologies to help patients take their medications and remain on a care plan, as the consequence of non-adherence can be costly and deadly.
To remind people/patient to pick up or renew their prescriptions, doctors and pharmacists are using m-health platforms that can send automated personalized messages to a patient's e-mail, smartphone or even a smart watch. Along with this, smart/digital pillboxes meanwhile can keep track of medication, remind a patient to take a medication & even record and send the data back to the respective health provider.
APPLICATIONS
1. Education & awareness programs- In such programs m-health is largely about spreading of mass information from sources to receipt through SMS to offer informations including treatment methods, disease management etc.
2. Helpline- Helpline typically consist of a specific phone number that any individual is able to call to gain access to a range medical services.
3. Diagnosis & treatment support training for health care workers- These typically is provided to health care workers in remote areas to give advice about diagnosis & treatment of patient. Some projects provide mobile applications for step by step medical operations.
4. Disease & outbreak of epidemics tracking and remote data collection- By using mobile phones, collecting and transmitting data quickly, cheaply and relatively efficiently. Such data concerning the location and level of specific disease like malaria, flu etc. can help medical system or health ministry to identify the outbreaks & target the medical resource to the area of need.
5. Remote monitoring- These allow the health care workers to better track patient's condition, medication, dose adherence and follow-up schedules. Remote monitoring is specially helpful in case of AIDS, cardiovascular disorders, diabetes etc.
ADVANTAGES
- Increases accuracy and improves efficiency of health care system.
- It has helped patient to complete the medication by providing periodic medication reminder by the pharmacist or prescribe with the help of mobile application.
- It helps to generate the report with the help of mobile application and share the same.
- It also helps the patient to refill the prescription by sending automatic message both to the pharmacist and to the patient.
- It acts as an information guide to the patient and provides information regarding particular disease or drug.
- It also helps patients to clear their doubts regarding health issues.
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