1. Monitoring Therapy Compliance of Tuberculosis Patients by using Video-Enabled Electronic Devices.
- Author
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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, and Falzon, Dennis
- Subjects
Humans ,Tuberculosis ,Antitubercular Agents ,Directly Observed Therapy ,Patient Compliance ,Webcasts as Topic ,Smartphone ,DOT ,VOT ,bacteria ,computer communication networks ,directly observed therapy ,individualized medicine ,medication adherence ,short course ,telemedicine ,tuberculosis and other mycobacteria ,video observed therapy ,videoconferencing ,virtually observed therapy ,Microbiology ,Medical Microbiology ,Public Health and Health Services ,Clinical Sciences - Abstract
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.
- Published
- 2016