Beta Testing a Novel Smartphone Application to Improve Medication Adherence

Sarzynski, Erin M.; Decker, Brian S.; Thul, Aaron; Weismantel, David; Melaragni, Ronald; Cholakis, Elizabeth; Tewari, Megha; Beckholt, Kristy; Zaroukian, Michael H.; Kennedy, Angie C.; Given, Charles W.

doi:10.1089/tmj.2016.0100

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“…Medication reminder apps allow patients to enter their medication list manually or by scanning the barcode on the prescription bottles, provide a visualized medication calendar, and automatically send notifications to patients when they are due for medication doses. Several studies describe potential benefits of medication reminder apps on improving medication adherence [36,37], particularly in the younger generation [38], but also show inconsistent quality across these apps, which warrants more studies to prove the efficacy and the effective features [39,40].…”

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Consumer Mobile Health Apps: Current State, Barriers, and Future Directions

Kao

Liebovitz

2017

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This paper discusses the current state, barriers, and future directions of consumer-facing applications (apps). There are currently more than 165,000 mobile health apps publicly available in major app stores, the vast majority of which are designed for patients. The top 2 categories are wellness management and disease management apps, whereas other categories include self-diagnosis, medication reminder, and electronic patient portal apps. Apps specific to physical medicine and rehabilitation also are reviewed. These apps have the potential to provide low-cost, around-the-clock access to high-quality, evidence-based health information to end users on a global scale. However, they have not yet lived up to their potential due to multiple barriers, including lack of regulatory oversight, limited evidence-based literature, and concerns of privacy and security. The future directions may consist of improving data integration into the health care system, an interoperable app platform allowing access to electronic health record data, cloud-based personal health record across health care networks, and increasing app prescription by health care providers. For consumer mobile health apps to fully contribute value to health care delivery and chronic disease management, all stakeholders within the ecosystem must collaborate to overcome the significant barriers.

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Consumer Mobile Health Apps: Current State, Barriers, and Future Directions

Kao

Liebovitz

2017

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“…This study aimed to gauge the impact of using an m-health application on improving medication adherence when employing a demanding treatment in third party patients, i.e., caregiving to pets with CAD. There are reported initiatives in this subject area [15], and the topic has received the attention of researchers according to recent reviews [16,17]. However, according to the authors' best knowledge, this is one of the first published studies with veterinary medication adherence in pet samples.…”

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Exploring Medication Adherence Using M-Health: A Study from Veterinary Medicine

2020

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Background: Pharmacy practice includes the handling of human and animal medication. Amongst veterinary pharmaceutical treatments, the management of Canine Atopic Dermatitis (CAD), a chronic skin condition affecting 10%–15% of the canine population, is complex and demanding. Medication regimens are tailored to each animal and their owner or caregiver. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of a mobile health (m-health) application (Petable®) to support the medication adherence in CAD treatment and clinical improvement. Methods: A total of 30 atopic dogs under treatment for CAD and their caregivers were enrolled. Both the dogs’ and owners’ background data were recorded as well as clinical and medication adherence information. This was accomplished by direct observation, clinical files consultation, mobile application, and medication adherence (Medida de Adesão aos Tratamentos—MAT questionnaire) feedback. Results: The overall non-adherence of the sample was 12.6% according to the mobile application, while 60% of caregivers self-scored as adherent according to the MAT. The only significant and positive correlation was between overall adherence and the caregiver’s education. The average degree of pruritus decreased over time and during treatment, independently to the level of m-health app usage. Conclusions: The adherence to chronic treatments may be improved through m-health apps, although further studies are needed to gauge their actual usefulness in supplementing known adherence determinants.

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“…Containing the medication list with instruction, frequency and dose [33, 35, 36, 37, 38 39], medication information like adverse effects [33,36,37,38,40], medication regimen [36,37,38,41], medication alert and reminder [34,36,38,39,42,43,44,45,46], prescription refill [36,40], medication identification [40,42,47], medication recommendations [45], informing the medication non-adherence to the third party [36,37], location of pharmacies [34], actions when medication errors occur [34], medication intake reports [34,35,43], reporting the adverse effects that experienced [34] and medication tracking [35,37,38,39,42,44,46], are the functional requirements of the medication management systems which mentioned in the papers of this descriptive study.…”

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“…As mentioned above, the user requirements were classified in six groups, including creating user account [33], consistency with target group [34,42], increasing the possibility of system usage [33,36,38,44,48], receiving feedback in order to quality improvement [33], representation of system effectiveness scales [33,38,43] and user friendliness [33,34,37]. In addition to these main groups the validity [34,38], reliability [34] and portability [42] of the system are the general recommendations that help the developers to design a system. Challenges experienced by individuals with visual impairment in medication intake.…”

Section: Medication Management Systems' Requirementsmentioning

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User Goals Extraction for a mhealth-based Medication Management System for Individuals with Visual Impairment

Farhadyar¹,

Safdari²,

Beh‐Pajooh³

2018

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Background: Prevalence of visual impairment is increasing all around the world and this impairment makes the medication management process more complicated. According to literature, Technology, particularly mobile technology has a significant impact on both medication adherence and improving quality of life for people with visual impairment. Due to aforementioned facts, the researchers decided to identify the user's goals for a mHealth-based medication management system for visually impaired individuals to help the developers to design and develop a medication management system for visually impaired individuals considering to improve their medication adherence and also preserve their independence. Methods: A goal directed approach, introduced by Cooper, has been used in order to extract the goals of visually impaired users who would employ a medication management system. One the most important concepts of this method are designing personas. The needed data for designing personas were extracted from two literature reviews and interviews with 14 visually impaired individuals and three experts of this area. Therefore the personas' different goals were defined. Results: As the results of this study, three personas were designed according to the extracted data and three categories of user goals including experience goals, end goals and life goals were determined for this system. Conclusion: This study could help the researchers and developers to design and develop an appropriate digital product for people with visual impairment, in order to increase their medication adherence. In addition, the findings of this study could help the policy makers of different areas to increase the quality of life for the people with visual impairment by eliminating the barriers of independent and effective medication adherence.nt..

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Beta Testing a Novel Smartphone Application to Improve Medication Adherence

Abstract: Our medication management application PresRx OCR is innovative, acceptable for patient use, and accurately tracks medication adherence.

Cited by 25 publications

References 27 publications

Consumer Mobile Health Apps: Current State, Barriers, and Future Directions

Consumer Mobile Health Apps: Current State, Barriers, and Future Directions

Exploring Medication Adherence Using M-Health: A Study from Veterinary Medicine

User Goals Extraction for a mhealth-based Medication Management System for Individuals with Visual Impairment

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