Monitoring Therapy Adherence of Tuberculosis Patients by using Video-Enabled Electronic Devices

作者：Story Alistair; Garfein Richard S; Hayward Andrew; Rusovich Valiantsin; Dadu Andrei; Soltan Vlore; Oprunenco Alexandru; Collins Kelly; Sarin Rohit; Quraishi Subhi; Sharma Mukta; Migliori Giovanni Battista; Varadarajan Maithili; Falzon Dennis^*

来源：Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016, 22(3): 538-540.

DOI：10.3201/eid2203.151620

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.

• 出版日期2016-3