TY - GEN
T1 - Self health management mobile application for diabetic patients and the impact on treatment adherence
AU - Han, Wencui
AU - Mulgund, Pavankumar
AU - Sharman, Raj
AU - Singh, Gurdev
AU - Singh, Ranjit
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Treatment non adherence is a growing concern for health care providers and policy makers. Mobile health (mhealth) has the potential to reduce treatment non adherence, cut the costs of providing healthcare, maintain and improve the quality of care. This research discusses the design of a mobile phone application to improve diabetic patients' adherence to treatments. This research follows design science research guidelines and takes into account patients' personal traits to develop personalized motivational messages. The application sends reminders and motivational messages to patients, tracks patients' blood sugar level and generates reports. The application will be tested and evaluated by a group of diabetic patients on the effectiveness of promoting adherence, motivational messages and interface design.
AB - Treatment non adherence is a growing concern for health care providers and policy makers. Mobile health (mhealth) has the potential to reduce treatment non adherence, cut the costs of providing healthcare, maintain and improve the quality of care. This research discusses the design of a mobile phone application to improve diabetic patients' adherence to treatments. This research follows design science research guidelines and takes into account patients' personal traits to develop personalized motivational messages. The application sends reminders and motivational messages to patients, tracks patients' blood sugar level and generates reports. The application will be tested and evaluated by a group of diabetic patients on the effectiveness of promoting adherence, motivational messages and interface design.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85107715100
SN - 9781634396943
T3 - 35th International Conference on Information Systems "Building a Better World Through Information Systems", ICIS 2014
BT - 35th International Conference on Information Systems "Building a Better World Through Information Systems", ICIS 2014
PB - Association for Information Systems
T2 - 35th International Conference on Information Systems: Building a Better World Through Information Systems, ICIS 2014
Y2 - 14 December 2014 through 17 December 2014
ER -