A group of Indian and Australian scientists has developed and tested a mobile application-based system that promises to help doctors and health workers in villages to identify, monitor and manage patients with high blood pressure and heart-related ailments in remote areas.
Question:
Q. A group of scientists from India and which other country has developeda mobile app that aims to address the issue heart related ailments in rural areas?
Japan
South Korea
Australia
Germany
About the App:
- The app is in the form of a clinical decision support system (CDSS), which can be loaded on an android phone.
- The system also had a module that can send alerts to health workers about high-risk individuals who need follow-up visits.
- In addition, it reminds patients on when to take their medication and when to visit the doctor for follow-up via an interactive voice response system.
- The platform can also link village-based assessments to doctor-level care and follow-up.
About the Study conducted:
- In the study, people aged 40 and drawn from 54 villages in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh were screened to identify those at high risk of heart disease.
- Health workers, ASHAs, were trained to evaluate the risk of heart disease using tablet phones loaded with the app and refer those with high risk to Primary Health Centres (PHCs).
- The intervention was rolled out in 18 PHCs in a step-wise manner and was evaluated by comparing improvements during the periods when PHCs were receiving the intervention and when they were not.
Question:
Q. A group of scientists from India and which other country has developeda mobile app that aims to address the issue heart related ailments in rural areas?
Japan
South Korea
Australia
Germany
