Background Telemedicine (TM) is the use of telecommunication systems to deliver health
care at a distance. It has the potential to improve patient health outcomes, access to health …

Background Adherence to chronic disease management is critical to achieving improved
health outcomes, quality of life, and cost-effective health care. As the burden of chronic …

Control theory and other frameworks for understanding self-regulation suggest that
monitoring goal progress is a crucial process that intervenes between setting and attaining a …

1158 Circulation September 22, 2015 biomedical engineering, and medicine and health-
related sciences. 16 Mobile devices that permit collection of data in real time are …

Background Mobile technologies could be a powerful media for providing individual level
support to health care consumers. We conducted a systematic review to assess the …

Background Telemedicine has been increasingly integrated into chronic disease
management through remote patient monitoring and consultation, particularly during the …

Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a major cause of death worldwide. Cardiac
rehabilitation, an evidence-based CHD secondary prevention programme, remains …

Objective To assess the potential benefit of digital health interventions (DHIs) on
cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes (CVD events, all-cause mortality, hospitalizations) …

Background Access to mobile phones continues to increase exponentially globally,
outstripping access to fixed telephone lines, fixed computers and the Internet. Mobile …

A systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) of randomized controlled trials
(RCTs) evaluating the core components of cardiac rehabilitation (CR), nutritional counseling …