DesferApp Meds & Pill Reminder|醫療線上App不用買-HotApp4Game

DesferApp aims to reinforce compliance with the chelation treatment of a multi-transfused patient. The application supports the long-term therapy of a thalassemic patient in two ways: (a) it reduces the number of omitted medication doses through dose reminders, (b) it enables monitoring of the received medication and the progress of the chelation therapy. The user's personal data are stored locally in his/her smartphone and are not transmitted for any reason to third-parties.

The application is available in two versions: (a) Basic version and (b) Premium version. The Basic version can be downloaded free of charge and is supported through advertisements. The Premium version is the paid version of the application and is free of advertisements. The Premium version, also, provides useful extra features. A demo version of these features can be evaluated through the Basic version of DesferApp.

The user can activate the Premium version through a license purchase from Google Play. The purchase can be conducted from the Basic version of DesferApp through the "Activation" button.

DesferApp provides the following features:

1. Management of personal chelation treatment information. The application supports three different medication types: (a) deferoxamine, (b) deferiprone and (c) combined deferoxamine/deferiprone medication. The user can record the details of each medication type, e.g. start date, frequency of doses, quantity of active substance per dose. The medication type can be changed at any time and the application adapts, accordingly, its functionality. Moreover, the application keeps a record of applied medication types in order to enable their evaluation by the patient or doctor. (BASIC VERSION)

2. Scheduling of dose reminders that are relevant to each medication type. The user can, either, schedule deferoxamine injections on a monthly basis, deferiprone doses on a weekly basis or a combination of them. Activated reminders show up as smartphone notifications that prompt the user to acknowledge the reception, omission or postponing of a dose. (BASIC VERSION)

3. Monitoring of received medication. The application visualizes the history of received deferiprone and deferoxamine doses in a monthly calendar format. (BASIC VERSION)

4. Recording of results for medical examinations that are relevant to thalassemia patients. The application supports recording of ferritin and hemoglobin values and their measurement dates. Moreover, it enables recording of liver and cardiac iron deposition index values as they are measured through magnetic resonance imaging methods. (PREMIUM VERSION)

5. Monitoring of ferritin, hemoglobin and iron deposition index values. DesferApp supports the graphical illustration of the evolution of these indexes over time. Moreover, the user can export to Excel file the fluctuation of the values of each index for a specific time period. (PREMIUM VERSION)

6. Backup and restore of application data. The patient can backup application data in the smarphone's local storage and restore them in the same or different device. (BASIC VERSION)

The application has been tested and evaluated for two years by a volunteer patient which we warmly thank. During the evaluation period, the patient has exhibited a substantially improved compliance to her medication. Moreover, we have received valuable feedback for improving application features and usability.