Table 3. Features of IBD management applications .
| Main groups | Subgroups (reference) |
| Education | Educational programs include healthy lifestyle habits, including nutrition, exercise, relaxation, and mental health16 Nutrition education and instructions for common IBD foods30 General dietary recommendations for IBD based on disease status, such as flare or remission31 Teachings about ways to deal with fatigue, pain, and urgency32 Teaching information about IBD disease26 |
| Supervision | Direct monitoring of patient treatment management through connection to the IBD registry26 Connecting to HIS and physicians' use of health data effectively to monitor patient-centered medical care27 Sending data to electronic medical record (EMR) and generating alerts: review of clinical deviations, flare-ups, and follow-up of alerts by nurses5,24,25 Monitoring the exacerbation of the disease, tracking the activity of the disease, and communication between the patient and the doctor6,31 Monitor disease activity, schedule appointments, and send messages to providers16 Supervision of nutritionists directly on the amount of dietary intake26 Enthusiastic monitoring and support of symptom and diet tracking functions and suggestions for finding other sources of advice32 Visual reports integrated with electronic health records (EHRs)25 |
| Counseling and treatment | Collecting health data generated by the patient to understand the patient's daily condition for efficient treatment27 Sending pictures using the phone and automatic system messages according to the needs of patients28 Personal response to patients by a nurse or doctor within 24 to 48 hours28 Predicting the number of meals with special value for each patient29 Sending messages to service providers and scheduling appointments16 Patient symptom tracking and provider feedback32 ECBT (electronic cognitive behavioral therapy)16 Dietary recommendations based on disease conditions such as flare or recovery31 Providing evidence-based care24 Decision support to create alerts and dashboard reports5,25,30 |
| Diagnosis | Matching Eliza laboratory values to combine PRO (Patient Reported Outcome) values with calprotectin home test values28 Questionnaire for Crohn's and Colitis patients and investigation of clinically related deviations in data for patients5 disease activity tracking6 |