m-healthcare initiatives for improving outpatient adherence: opportunities and barriers

This work is an investigation of the human and system opportunities and barriers, followed by a cost/benefit analysis for outpatient mobile healthcare solutions that could improve adherence to medication and a healthy lifestyle. The goal is to compare the motivators and demotivators for using the technology on one hand, and to identify the main financial aspects on the other hand. The work begins by defining the outpatient adherence problem and …