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The field of medicine has changed dramatically with the advent of Smartphone technology. Patients are able to access their records with a click of the button. Lab results are available online immediately.
ISSN 2473-4780 http://dx.doi.org/10.17140/EPOJ-1-101 Open Journal Letter to the Editor Research Proposal for Medication * *Corresponding author Adherence Using Smartphone Technology Scott Lee, MD, MPH, FACS Lecturer School of Public Health * Scott Lee, MD, MPH, FACS University of California Berkeley, CA, USA E-mail: selee@stanford.edu School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA Volume 1 : Issue 1 Article Ref. #: 1000EPOJ1101 The field of medicine has changed dramatically with the advent of Smartphone tech- nology. Patients are able to access their records with a click of the button. Lab results are avail- able online immediately. Technological advances have allowed various gadgets and sensors Article History th to track human activity like never before. Epidemiology has advanced to the point where cell Received: January 8 , 2016 th phones are used to track disease in remote parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. The one area which Accepted: January 8 , 2016 th has not been studied is the role of the Smartphone in not just tracking disease, but also as an Published: January 11 , 2016 intervention in medication adherence. We are studying specifically the role of the Smartphone in medication adherence with respect to glaucoma. Glaucoma is an insidious disease where Citation patients may not know that they are going blind. It is imperative that they adhere to medica- Lee S. Research proposal for medi- tion usage by their physician, yet many see the need to. We are looking into using Smartphone cation adherence using smartphone technology to increase medication adherence, as well as to track the progression of glauco- technology. Epidemiol Open J. 2016; 1(1): 1. doi: 10.17140/EPOJ-1-101 ma. If you have interest in our research and interested in participating, please contact me at selee@stanford.edu.
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