Mobile Health Applications Assisting Patients With Chronic Diseases: Examples From Asthma Care

Mobile Health Applications Assisting Patients With Chronic Diseases: Examples From Asthma Care

Petre Iltchev, Andrzej Śliwczyński, Potr Szynkiewicz, Michał Marczak
ISBN13: 9781522534228|ISBN10: 1522534229|EISBN13: 9781522534235
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3422-8.ch059
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Iltchev, Petre, et al. "Mobile Health Applications Assisting Patients With Chronic Diseases: Examples From Asthma Care." Application Development and Design: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 1391-1417. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3422-8.ch059

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Iltchev, P., Śliwczyński, A., Szynkiewicz, P., & Marczak, M. (2018). Mobile Health Applications Assisting Patients With Chronic Diseases: Examples From Asthma Care. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Application Development and Design: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1391-1417). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3422-8.ch059

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Iltchev, Petre, et al. "Mobile Health Applications Assisting Patients With Chronic Diseases: Examples From Asthma Care." In Application Development and Design: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1391-1417. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3422-8.ch059

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Abstract

This chapter analyzes the role of m-health applications supporting patients with chronic diseases (based on examples from asthma care). The purpose of the chapter is to describe the mobile health application development cycle. The chapter begins with a presentation of asthma as a chronic disease and its prevalence and costs for society, as a determinant of the role and place of m-health applications in chronic disease management. Subsequent sections analyze trends in the development of health care, information systems, and health care payment systems as components of the environment for the implementation of m-health applications. The chapter focuses on prerequisites for the introduction of this type of solutions, presents existing applications, and discusses how to define the key functionalities and benefits for patients, payers, and doctors. The financing cycle, barriers to implementation, and future trends are also addressed.

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