Mobile healthcare initiatives for improving outpatient adherence: opportunities and barriers
by Mihail Cocosila, Norm Archer
International Journal of Electronic Business (IJEB), Vol. 3, No. 6, 2005

Abstract: This work is an investigation of the human and system opportunities and barriers in mobile healthcare, followed by a cost/benefit analysis for outpatient mobile healthcare solutions that could improve adherence to medication and a healthy lifestyle. The work begins by defining the outpatient adherence problem and how mobile solutions could help. It then discusses the driving and resistant forces among the main stakeholders: patients, healthcare professionals, healthcare institutions and government. Next, it compares the savings generated by increased adherence and the costs to implement mobile initiatives to combat non-adherence. The possible use of mobile healthcare solutions to address outpatient non-adherence, although beneficial, also creates concerns of varying degrees for all the major stakeholders. These issues must be addressed before implementation in order to maximise the chances of success.

Online publication date: Wed, 28-Dec-2005

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