Software Architecture and Prototype for Supporting Medical Prescription Adherence Using SMS Services
Software Architecture and Prototype for Supporting Medical Prescription Adherence Using SMS Services作者机构:Information Technology Dept. University of South Florida Lakeland Florida 33803 USA Computer Science & Network Ecole Supdrieure d'Ing~nierie en Sciences Appliqu~es Valence 26902 France
出 版 物:《Computer Technology and Application》 (计算机技术与应用(英文版))
年 卷 期:2012年第3卷第9期
页 面:616-623页
学科分类:080904[工学-电磁场与微波技术] 0810[工学-信息与通信工程] 0809[工学-电子科学与技术(可授工学、理学学位)] 08[工学] 080402[工学-测试计量技术及仪器] 0804[工学-仪器科学与技术] 081001[工学-通信与信息系统] 0835[工学-软件工程] 081202[工学-计算机软件与理论] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术(可授工学、理学学位)]
主 题:Mobile technology prescription adherence short message service SMS (short message service) aggregator pharmacyservices.
摘 要:Barriers to medication adherence among patients have been shown to have significant impact on service quality and cost in the healthcare system. To minimize this impact, many in the healthcare industry are highly interested in supporting prescription adherence among patients. They believe that information technology in general, and mobile technology in particular, can help in developing medical practices that can be highly conducive to high rates of prescription adherence by enhancing communication between patients and healthcare providers. To this end, a number of pharmacy management benefit companies plan to adopt SMS (Short Message Service) communication to reach their customers given the wider acceptance of SMS messaging among mobile phone users. However, most of these pharmacies are reluctant to purchase service agreements from SMS aggregators without a complete understanding of user, service and business requirements related to SMS messaging. Hence, many are in dire needs for prototypes of SMS servers that can help them define and refine these requirements before committing to costly agreements with SMS aggregators. This paper describes such a prototype for a pharmacy benefit management company located in the southeast of the United States.