User Experience of an Innovative Mobile Health Program to Assist in Insulin Dose Adjustment: Outcomes of a Proof-Of-Concept Trial

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 536-543

  Ding, Hang ^a   Fatehi, Farhad ^a,b,c   Russell, Anthony W ^b,d   Karunanithi, Mohan ^a   Menon, Anish ^b,d   Bird, Dominique ^b   Gray, Leonard C ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

diabetes; m Health; mobile health; remote monitoring; telehealth; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TELEMEDICINE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL; DOSE ADJUSTMENTS; MOBILE HEALTH (M-HEALTH); POTENTIAL VALUES; PROOF OF CONCEPT; REMOTE MONITORING; SMART-PHONE APPLICATIONS; TELEHEALTH;

MHEALTH;

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; INSULIN;

FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROOF OF CONCEPT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SMARTPHONE; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROOF OF CONCEPT STUDY; SELF CARE; SMARTPHONE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85050030607     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2017.0190     Document Type: Article

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