Frontiers in Medicine (Aug 2021)

Mobile Health Technology for the Personalized Therapy of Hemophilia

  • Noemi Dirzu,
  • Ionut Hotea,
  • Ionut Hotea,
  • Ionut Hotea,
  • Ciprian Jitaru,
  • Ciprian Jitaru,
  • Melen Brinza,
  • Melen Brinza,
  • Laura Urian,
  • Laura Urian,
  • Mareike-Catrina Peters,
  • Krisztina Gal,
  • Louis Popescu,
  • Cristina Blag,
  • Cristina Blag,
  • Mirela Marian,
  • Eva Pal,
  • Marilena Stanescu,
  • Diana Cenariu,
  • Cristina Tarniceriu,
  • Cristina Tarniceriu,
  • Margit Serban,
  • Margit Serban,
  • Delia Dima,
  • Daniel Coriu,
  • Daniel Coriu,
  • Ciprian Tomuleasa,
  • Ciprian Tomuleasa,
  • Ciprian Tomuleasa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.711973
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8

Abstract

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The management of patients with hemophilia has evolved significantly since the first treatment attempts were made in the late 1930s. Since then, each new step in the treatment of patients with hemophilia has brought important advancements, as well as its unique set of challenges. Today, a patient-centered, individualized comprehensive approach is the new paradigm, moving away from the traditional “one size-fits-all” approach, to provide the best possible care for each patient with a bleeding disorder. As part of this complex task, mobile health applications might have the capacity to play an important role in reaching that goal. However, the use of new electronic technologies as part of a comprehensive treatment approach for patients with hemophilia simultaneously presents a new set of challenges that needs consideration. In the first section, currently available treatment of hemophilia patients will be revised, while in the second part the role of IT software in the treatment monitoring of hemophilia patients will be discussed.

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