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Scenario for Mr. Willis
- Pall Willis, a 56-year-old white male. He has been living with heart disease diagnosis for over 15 years. He has to take the prescribed medications during the day and have control of his blood pressure and heart rate.
- The cardiologist has emphasized that the patient needs to make healthy lifestyle changes because he is overweight, which is a risk factor for heart disease.
- The patient is advised to measure heart rate and blood pressure after taking prescribed medicine and during different activities to monitor the changes and visit a cardiologist in case of necessity to correct the treatment.
- He has a university degree in engineering and is a user of a smartphone.
- His wife insists on finding a mobile application to assist him in the necessary measurements.
mHealth Application
- Name: Cardio Mobile (McCarthy, 2016).
- Purpose: Monitor heart rate through electrocardiography and define such signals as normal, bradycardia, tachycardia, and arrhythmia (“Cardio Mobile,” 2017).
- Intended audience: Patients with heart problems and those experiencing heart disease.
- Mobile device(s): smartphones or tablets with Android 5.1 and up.
Teaching
- Interface: simple and understandable; contrast colors make data easily readable.
- Usability: easy to apply even for inexperienced users.
- Bluetooth connectivity.
- Opportunity to create graphs and compare previous measurements.
Evaluation
- The patient can monitor heart rate at any moment without visiting a doctor.
- The patient can compare the measurement results to observe dynamic changes as a result of treatment.
- The patient can save the results to show them to a cardiologist during the following visit.
- Measures the general level of cardiovascular health (McCarthy, 2016).
- Efficient for patients with heart disease and affordable due to its low price.
References
Cardio Mobile. (2017). Web.
McCarthy, K. (2016). 5 of the best smartphone apps for heart disease patients. Web.