Mobile phone-based teledermatologic compliance management - preliminary results of the TELECOMP study

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2009:150:468-72.

Abstract

A mobile phone-based telemonitoring system for long-term psoriasis therapy is described, intended to increase patients' compliance by optimizing the patient-physician communication. Patients themselves can acquire health parameters and take photos of their psoriasis lesions. The data are sent to a monitoring centre, where they are provided to the patients' physician who returns a feed-back message. The system is currently tested in a study with 20 patients. Preliminary results prove the feasibility and usabililty of such a system and indicate that it is useful for optimizing psoriasis-therapy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cell Phone*
  • Dermatology*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Compliance*
  • Telemedicine*