UNASSIGNED: @entity308 is common, and imposes a high burden in terms of cost, morbidity, and suffering. Most @entity1 with @entity308 are treated in general medicine using antidepressant medication. Outcomes are poor due to failure points across the care system, including @entity1 non-adherence, failure of physicians to optimize the treatment regimens, and lack of @entity1 -physician communication. This study reports on the 4-week pilot deployment of MedLink, a mobile intervention aimed at systemically addressing each of these failure points. A mobile app provides the @entity1 with information and collects data on symptoms and side-effects. A cellularly enabled pill bottle monitors medication adherence. Data from these are provided to the physician and @entity1 to foster communication and medication adjustments. Usability evaluation was generally favorable. Medication adherence rates in this first deployment were high with no @entity1 discontinuing, and 84% of doses taken. Depressive symptom severity was significantly reduced. This study supports the use of a comprehensive, systemic approach to mHealth solutions to enhance processes of care for @entity308 by general medicine physicians.

MedLink: A Mobile Intervention to Address Failure Points in the Treatment of XXXX in General Medicine.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'people', 'patient'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression', 'Major depression']
@entity308 :: (MESH:D003866,Disease) :: ['Depression']
