Regarding: 'Access to mobile communication technology and willingness to participate in automated telemedicine calls among chronically ill patients in Honduras'

摘要

We read the article written by Piette et al. published in this journal with interest. We propose some main reasons that might have an effect on some of the results obtained. First they have pointed that: we surveyed chronically ill patients with low incomes in Honduras to measure their use of mobile technologies and willingness to participate in mobile disease management support. Most patients (> 80%) reported that they would be willing to receive automated calls focused on appointment reminders, medication adherence, health status monitoring, and self-care education. Patients were more likely to be willing to participate in automated telemedicine services if they had to cancel a clinic appointment due to transportation problems or forego medication due to cost pressures.