Monitoring therapy adherence of TB patients by using video-enabled electronic devices

Alistair Story et al.
March 5, 2016, 5:13 p.m.

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.


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Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases