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Monitoring Therapy Compliance of Tuberculosis Patients by using Video-Enabled Electronic Devices.
Document Type
article
Source
Emerging infectious diseases. 22(3)
Subject
Humans
Tuberculosis
Antitubercular Agents
Directly Observed Therapy
Patient Compliance
Webcasts as Topic
Smartphone
DOT
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
Microbiology
Medical Microbiology
Public Health and Health Services
Clinical Sciences
Language
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.