Mobile Medical Applications as Instrument in Supporting Patients Compliance

摘要

The paper's main purpose is to show the importance, and some improvements of mobile telemedicine information systems in patients' compliance. According to WHO compliance (also adherence, capacitance) can be defined as "the extend to which a patient correctly follows medical instructions". Although it usually refers to medication adherence or drug compliance, it also applies to other situations like medical device use, self-care, and self-directed exercises, or even therapy sessions. But, apart the patient it is also the health-care provider affected by compliance. In this direction importa nt can be the role of mobile medical applications as instrument for both structuring the communication and improving the physician -patient relationship, and all these in a standardized manner. Described is a solution, developed to be in service of patients with different diseases, and their physicians. The web application gives physicians the ability of developing template of care plan for some diagnoses and then to personalize it for specific patients and their needs. The mobile application is disease management tool and it is developed to be in help of patients. Its purpose is to notify them for the next steps of the care plan, which of course are prescribed, and will be followed up by their physicians.