Monitoring of the Treatment Process of Tuberculosis Patients via Mobile Applications

Development of information and communication technologies, mobile technologies, the creation of laptops, netbooks and pocket personal computers, as well as smartphones, new horizons opened up in improving virtual contact between highly qualified doctors of the central hospitals and medical staff of primary health facilities in the outskirts, and remote settlements. Analyzing the problems and barriers in improving tuberculosis (TB) detection indicators, and the further deterioration of the situation with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR) worldwide, TB scientists concluded that the cornerstone is the belated identification of the focus of the infection and the impossibility of monitoring the performance of the outpatient treatment regimen. Insufficient financing and staffing, especially in rural areas, exacerbates the situation. In this review article we tried to analyze the effectiveness of using various mobile applications in monitoring tuberculosis therapy conducted in rural areas. To do this, you can use applications such as WhatsApp, SMS. While the patient is taking tuberculosis medications, a medical officer removes the video on the smartphone and sends it to the central hospital. These video materials are archived. Also an employee can send SMS to the central hospital. The use of this technique allows us to monitor the medical process, actually being at great distances. This method is also effective for patient adherence to treatment.