Development of mHealth applications for pre-eclampsia triage.
The development of mobile applications for the diagnosis and management of pregnant women with pre-eclampsia is described. These applications are designed for use by community-based health care providers (c-HCPs) in health facilities and during home visits to collect symptoms and perform clinical measurements (including pulse oximeter readings). The clinical data collected in women with pre-eclampsia are used as the inputs to a predictive model providing a risk score for the development of adverse outcomes. Based on this risk, the applications provide recommendations on treatment, referral, and reassessment. c-HCPs can access patient records across multiple visits, using multiple devices that are synchronized using a secure Research Electronic Data Capture server. A unique feature of these applications is the ability to measure oxygen saturation with a pulse oximeter connected to a smartphone (Phone Oximeter). The mobile health application development process, including challenges encountered and solutions are described.
Dustin T
DT
Dunsmuir
Beth A
BA
Payne
Garth
G
Cloete
Christian Leth
CL
Petersen
Matthias
M
Görges
Joanne
J
Lim
Peter
P
von Dadelszen
Guy A
GA
Dumont
J Mark
JM
Ansermino
D001794:Blood Pressure; D040421:Cell Phone; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D010092:Oximetry; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface