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New expert article about smart medication by Dr. Andreas Rösch and Dr. David Schmoldt on the VDE expert platform for medical software!

Electronic Diaries and the Problem of Patient Compliance

Electronic diaries on smartphones are enjoying increasing popularity among health apps. Whether it is a calorie diary for the treatment of obesity or a diary for the telemonitoring of a rare chronic disease. The only problem: Patients use the app in the first weeks as planned. However, over time interest and consequently patient compliance decrease. Thus, the diary loses the quality required for monitoring by the doctor. A major reason for poor compliance is often the cumbersome keyboard entry via the smartphone app. Just a few clicks, for recurring diary entries, demotivate the patients. For example, many patients consider the login with username and password to be “too cumbersome” in the long run. Patients demand a maximum of ease of use. Therefore, usability is a critical success factor for electronic diaries.”

“Improving Patient Compliance With Speech Recognition”. The VDE MESO platform is no longer online – you can read the full article here in the archived version (Internet Archive), opens in a new tab.