PatientConcept App: Key Characteristics, Implementation, and its Potential Benefit
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INTRODUCTION: In addition to a wide range of disease-related burdens, patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are challenged by long-term medication and complex disease management plans, often leading to decreased adherence. Earlier studies have indicated that patient support through intensified communication can positively impact adherence. During recent years, the use of mobile health applications has gained importance in patient communication and disease management. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to describe a novel software application providing innovative features that engage patient-physician contact and to evaluate users' acceptance. METHODS: A novel software application ensuring data security was developed. Various innovative modules have been implemented, enabling bidirectional communication between treating physicians and patients, supporting therapy monitoring and management, and allowing the collection of large sets of anonymous patient data. The currently conducted FASTER study will analyze the acceptance of patients and physicians using this novel application. RESULTS: PatientConcept is a free app available for download since 2016. Meanwhile, it has been successfully implemented. First preliminary results indicate high acceptance among users. The clinical benefit will have to be tested in larger patient populations. CONCLUSION: This ID-associated application may provide a secure, feasible, and cost-optimized possibility to intensify and simplify the communication between patients and their treating physicians, thus promising an exceptional benefit to both.
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Evaluation at the later stage was mostly focused on information available from app providers and app functionalities, such as assessing app quality, intervention relevance, or privacy risks.
“Evaluation at this stage was mostly focused on the information available from app providers and app functionalities, for instance, to assess app quality [74], intervention relevance [76], [77], or privacy risks speci cally [52].”
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- Authors
- Lang, M., Mayr, M., Ringbauer, S., & Cepek, L.
- Corresponding author
- Lang, Michael
- Venue
- Neurology and Therapy
- Published
- 2019-03-26
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 147-154
- ISSN
- 2193-6536 (ISSN-L)
- 2193-8253
- PMC
- PMC6534645
- OpenAlex
- W2923875567
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 4.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
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- Neurology and Therapy (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Sanofi
- Sanofi Genzyme
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Family Practice › Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
- Keywords
- multiple sclerosis, mobile health apps, patient-physician communication, medication adherence, treatment monitoring, patient engagement, user acceptance, data security
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