A mobile phone based remote patient monitoring system for chronic disease management.
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2007-10-03
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Rising concern over the poor state of chronic disease management led to the user informed design and development of a home tele monitoring system Focus groups with patients and primary care providers guided the research team towards a design that would accommodate the workflow and concerns of the healthcare providers and the low use and comfort with technology found among the patient population The system was trialed in a before and after pilot study of 34 patients with diabetes and hypertension Findings demonstrate a significant improvement in systolic and diastolic blood pressure An RCT beginning in 2007 is being conducted to confirm these findings It is hypothesized that this user centred approach utilizing focus groups iterative design and human factors methods of evaluation will lead to the next generation of home tele monitoring applications that are more intuitive less cumbersome and ultimately bring about greater patient compliance and better physician management