Impact of mHealth chronic disease management on treatment adherence and patient outcomes: A systematic review

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Hamine, Saee ^a   Gerth Guyette, Emily ^b   Faulx, Dunia ^b   Green, Beverly B ^c   Ginsburg, Amy Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PATH   (United States)

^c GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Chronic disease; Diabetes mellitus; Lung diseases; mHealth; Mobile health; Patient adherence; Patient compliance; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASES; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925687620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3951     Document Type: Review

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