Monitoring Therapy Adherence of Tuberculosis Patients by using Video-Enabled Electronic Devices

A recent innovation to help patients adhere to daily tuberculosis (TB) treatment over many months is video (or virtually) observed therapy (VOT). VOT is becoming increasingly feasible as mobile telephone applications and tablet computers become more widely available. Studies of the effectiveness of...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2016-03, Vol.22 (3), p.538-540
Main Authors: Story, Alistair, Garfein, Richard S, Hayward, Andrew, Rusovich, Valiantsin, Dadu, Andrei, Soltan, Viorel, Oprunenco, Alexandru, Collins, Kelly, Sarin, Rohit, Quraishi, Subhi, Sharma, Mukta, Migliori, Giovanni Battista, Varadarajan, Maithili, Falzon, Dennis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Care and treatment
computer communication networks
Development and progression
directly observed therapy
Dispatch
Drug resistance
medication adherence
Monitoring Therapy Adherence of Tuberculosis Patients by using Video-Enabled Electronic Devices
Patient compliance
telemedicine
Tuberculosis
videoconferencing
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Summary:A recent innovation to help patients adhere to daily tuberculosis (TB) treatment over many months is video (or virtually) observed therapy (VOT). VOT is becoming increasingly feasible as mobile telephone applications and tablet computers become more widely available. Studies of the effectiveness of VOT in improving TB patient outcomes are being conducted.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2203.151620