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A framework design for the mHealth system for self-management promotion

Issue title: Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology – Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, 18–21 August 2015, Shanghai, China

Guest editors: Feng Liu, Dong-Hoon Lee, Ricardo Lagoa and Sandeep Kumar

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Jia, Guifenga | Yang, Panb | Zhou, Jiea | Zhang, Hengyia | Lin, Chengyua | Chen, Jinc | Cai, Guolongc | Yan, Jingc | Ning, Gangmina; *

Affiliations: [a] Department of Biomedical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of MOE, Zhejiang University, 310027 Hangzhou, China | [b] Department of Instruments, Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, 310006 Hangzhou, China | [c] Department of ICU, Zhejiang Hospital, Lingyin Road 12, 310013 Hangzhou, China

Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Gangmin Ning, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zheda Rd. 38, 310027 Hangzhou, China. Tel.: +86-571-87951091; Fax: +86-571-87951676; E-mail: [email protected].

Keywords: Self-management, mobile health, execution ability, ease of use, persuasive technology

DOI: 10.3233/BME-151473

Journal: Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, vol. 26, no. s1, pp. S1731-S1740, 2015

Published: 2015
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Mobile health (mHealth) technology has been proposed to alleviate the lack of sufficient medical resources for personal healthcare. However, usage difficulties and compliance issues relating to this technology restrict the effect of mHealth system-supported self-management. In this study, an mHealth framework is introduced to overcome these drawbacks and improve the outcome of self-management. We implemented a set of ease of use principles in the mHealth design and employed the quantitative Fogg Behavior Model to enhance users’ execution ability. The framework was realized in a prototype design for the mHealth system, which consists of medical apparatuses, mobile applications and a health management server. The system is able to monitor the physiological status in an unconstrained manner with simplified operations, while supervising the healthcare plan. The results suggest that the present framework design is accessible for ordinary users and effective in improving users’ execution ability in self-management.

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