title: Monitoring Therapy Compliance of Tuberculosis Patients by using Video-Enabled Electronic Devices.
abstract: A recent innovation to help patients adhere to daily tuberculosis (TB) treatment over many months is video (or virtually) observed therapy (VOT). VOT is becoming increasingly feasible as mobile telephone applications and tablet computers become more widely available. Studies of the effectiveness of VOT in improving TB patient outcomes are being conducted.
authors.forename: Alistair
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Story
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Garfein
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayward
authors.forename: Valiantsin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rusovich
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dadu
authors.forename: Viorel
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soltan
authors.forename: Alexandru
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oprunenco
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Rohit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sarin
authors.forename: Subhi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quraishi
authors.forename: Mukta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Giovanni Battista
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Migliori
authors.forename: Maithili
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varadarajan
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Falzon
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D023801:Directly Observed Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D000068997:Smartphone; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D057211:Webcasts as Topic
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
keywords: DOT; Tuberculosis; VOT; bacteria; computer communication networks; directly observed therapy; individualized medicine; medication adherence; short course; telemedicine; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; video observed therapy; videoconferencing; virtually observed therapy