INTRODUCTION
- Hypertrack is a self-monitoring smartphone application for hypertension patients that provides self-monitoring features. Aim to raise awareness of autonomous healthy behaviours and habits, and provide effective treatments for individual conditions.
LITERATURE REVIEW
- Our literature review focused on four distinct domains: (1) computational, (2) medical/health, (3) psycho-social, and (4) ethical review.
- In the computational domain, we explored various aspects of how blood pressure is measured, sophisticated algorithms that improve accuracy of hypertension diagnosis, and current diagnostic methods to track BP measurements.
- In the medical domain, we found several risk factor that could lead to hypertension.
- In the psycho-social domain, we discovered that hypertension and depression are bidirectionally linked, with depressive symptoms variably affecting blood pressure, while stress responses like reduced HRV and factors such as app design, motivation, and external influences impact health management and engagement.
- Lastly, an effective hypertension self-monitoring app should be reliable, user-friendly, and affordable while providing evidence-based recommendations, addressing comorbidities, ensuring data privacy, and building user trust through transparency and control over personal data.
DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION
- The data and knowledge representation used in this project are based on existing biomedical standards. Specifically, the terms used for the mobile self-monitoring application are derived from the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical Terms (SNOMED-CT) due to its comprehensive coverage and well-established standards. Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) was used to share digital data between personal mobile applications and EHRs.
- We developed a wireframe that builds on existing mobile phone applications, enhancing the user experience while providing essential features tailored for users.
- We designed a set of visibility assessments, considering three key aspects: (1) usability from patient's perspective, (2) clinician's perspective, and (3) ethical evaluation and health impact evaluation. These assessments are designed to evaluate the overall usability and effectiveness of HyperTrack.
DISCUSSION
- This mobile application was initiated to provide self-monitoring features for hypertensive patients, encourages self-care through healthy behaviour awareness, and delivers tailored treatment recommendations based on individual needs.
- Some future work can be implementing a high-fidelity prototype and running the visibility assessments to test how well our application suits a hypertensive user. Moreover, conducting fieldwork studies allow us to better understand what features our app should further offer for hypertension tracking.
