A Novel mHealth Approach for a Patient-Centered Medication and Health Management System in Taiwan: Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile health (mHealth) apps have recently demonstrated the potential to engage and empower people to improve their own health. Although the availability of health-related apps is increasing, their adoption rate in Taiwan is exceptionally low mainly due to the preponderance of Western culture-based app designs that are challenging for non-English-speaking individuals. To our knowledge, no mHealth app is available in Taiwan that is culturally tailored for Chinese-speaking users and that applies a patient-centered approach to self-manage medication and health.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to design and deploy a culturally tailored mHealth system that could be easily integrated into current clinical practice and to evaluate how this mHealth system could su

SUBMITTER: Hsieh WT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6053609 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature