“San Mateo Medical Center distributed mobile phones with customized disease management software to young asthma patients, allowing them to communicate with and receive real-time feedback from providers on at least a daily basis. The communication focuses on how to better manage asthma on an ongoing basis, with the goal of reducing exacerbations that might lead to costly acute episodes. The initiative enhanced compliance with the daily diary and with medication regimens, which in turn led to better patient outcomes, less use of rescue medications, and fewer emergency department visits and missed school days.”
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AHRQ Innovations Exchange, 9 December 2009
