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. 2010 Jul 10;6(2):212–216. doi: 10.1007/s13181-010-0080-z

Wireless Technologies, Ubiquitous Computing and Mobile Health: Application to Drug Abuse Treatment and Compliance with HIV Therapies

Edward W Boyer 1,✉, David Smelson 2, Richard Fletcher 3, Douglas Ziedonis 2, Rosalind W Picard 3
PMCID: PMC3550304  NIHMSID: NIHMS469097  PMID: 20623215

Abstract

Beneficial advances in the treatment of substance abuse and compliance with medical therapies, including HAART, are possible with new mobile technologies related to personal physiological sensing and computational methods. When incorporated into mobile platforms that allow for ubiquitous computing, these technologies have great potential for extending the reach of behavioral interventions from clinical settings where they are learned into natural environments.

Keywords: Drug abuse, Medication compliance, Ubicomp

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