Table 6.
Suggested app features related to cross-cutting themes.
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| Information at One’s Fingertips | Automation and Integration | Communication | Socialization | |
| Searchable CF-specific medical wiki-resource with video clips and interactive resources | ● |
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| Sensors to assess lung function (spirometry), sweat chloride, medication, or treatment adherence | ● | ● |
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| Graphical displays of adherence behaviors and outcomes (eg, symptoms, spirometry, mood) over time, visualize links between treatments and outcomes | ● |
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| “Smart” goal-setting guidance based on medical team’s treatment plan and tracked adherence or outcome data |
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| “Genius” suggestions for personalized behavioral incentives (eg, for adherence) based on Web-browsing or purchasing history |
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| Timed serial alarms for consecutive series of treatments |
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| “Genius” treatment scheduler / adherence prompt based data from other apps: personal schedule (calendar events), current location (GPS), activity level (motion detection) |
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| Recognize new or cyclical (month-on, month-off) prescriptions (eg, via linked pharmacy app) and automatically set up reminder/alarm |
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| Automatic medication refill requests sent to pharmacy based on passively collected adherence data (eg, sensors on medication packaging, self-reported administrations) |
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| Schedule and sync medical appointments with existing calendars (eg, Outlook or Google calendar appointment requests) |
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| Barcode/Q-code scanner to access CF-specific information about medications or food, to track adherence to treatments, to request prescription refills | ● | ● | ● |
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| Direct contact buttons (call, email, text) to reach CF team, one for emergencies, one for routine/non-urgent contact |
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| Video chat – with CF team, pharmacy, other people with CF |
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| Two-way messaging with CF team – Q&A with providers, providers contact patient via app if behavioral/outcome monitoring indicates health concern |
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| Connect with others with CF with similar experiences or characteristics via searchable database of participant profiles |
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| CF-specific social networking platform, can opt into sharing personal data to public sites |
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