title: Designing patient-centric applications for chronic disease management.
abstract: Chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease are the leading causes of disability and death in the developed world. Technological interventions such as mobile applications have the ability to facilitate and motivate patients in chronic disease management, but these types of interventions present considerable design challenges. The primary objective of this paper is to present the challenges arising from the design and implementation of software applications aiming to assist patients in chronic disease management. We also outline preliminary results regarding a self-management application currently under development targeting young adults suffering from type 1 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Center for Evidence-Based Medicine and Health Outcomes Research, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA. atsalats@health.usf.edu
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsalatsanis
authors.forename: Eleazar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gil-Herrera
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yalcin
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Djulbegovic
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barnes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000628:therapy; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D018907:Privacy; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface