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Telemedicine and mobile health (mHealth) represent modern and evolving forms of information and communication technologies (ICTs) whose applications aim to enhance and support the delivery of health care. Mobile health (mHealth) is enabled by a wide array of smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles, wearables, and mobile apps. Utilization of telemedicine and mHealth technologies in clinical practice has shown potential for improved patient satisfaction and communication; however, design considerations in mHealth remain critically important for overcoming the barriers to a patient-centered approach. Among those barriers are device accessibility, ease of use, perceived patient-centered mobile app design, and response times and formats which are commensurate with situational severity. For the purposes of clinical trials, various modes of telemedicine and mHealth have been validated and may emerge as reliable methods of trial recruitment, sustained participation, data acquisition, and longitudinal follow-up. Such modes of mHealth are aimed toward gathering serial objective data, patient-generated health data (PGHD), and patient-reported outcomes.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, 325 9th Ave, Box #359796, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA

    Thomas H. Shoultz

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Washington, P.O. Box 359796, Seattle, WA, 98104-2499, USA

    Heather L. Evans

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  1. Department of Surgery, Boston VA Healthcare System Department of Surgery, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA

    Kamal M.F. Itani

  2. Depatment of Veteran Affairs, Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, USA

    Domenic J. Reda

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Shoultz, T.H., Evans, H.L. (2017). Telemedicine and Mobile Technology. In: Itani, K., Reda, D. (eds) Clinical Trials Design in Operative and Non Operative Invasive Procedures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53877-8_49

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