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Volume 24, Number 10—October 2018
Research

Tuberculosis Treatment Monitoring by Video Directly Observed Therapy in 5 Health Districts, California, USA

Richard S. GarfeinComments to Author , Lin Liu, Jazmine Cuevas-Mota, Kelly Collins, Fatima Muñoz, Donald G. Catanzaro, Kathleen Moser, Julie Higashi, Teeb Al-Samarrai, Paula Kriner, Julie Vaishampayan, Javier Cepeda, Michelle A. Bulterys, Natasha K. Martin, Phillip Rios, and Fredric Raab
Author affiliations: University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA (R.S. Garfein, L. Liu, J. Cuevas-Mota, K. Collins, F. Muñoz, J. Cepeda, M.A. Bulterys, N.K. Martin, P. Rios, F. Raab); University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA (D.G. Catanzaro); San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, San Diego, California, USA (K. Moser); San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, USA (J. Higashi); Santa Clara County Public Health Department, San Jose, California, USA (T. Al-Samarrai); Imperial County Public Health Department, El Centro, California, USA (P. Kriner); San Joaquin Public Health Services, Stockton, California, USA (J. Vaishampayan)

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Figure 1

Schematic of asynchronous VDOT in a study assessing VDOT for monitoring tuberculosis treatment, 5 California health districts, 2015–2016. Patients use VDOT smartphone application to record a video of themselves ingesting their medications. After recording stops, the application encrypts the video and transfers it through a cellular or Wi-Fi connection to a server for storage and playback. On a routine basis, treatment monitors log into a secure website to view each video and document their obser

Figure 1. Schematic of asynchronous VDOT in a study assessing VDOT for monitoring tuberculosis treatment, 5 California health districts, 2015–2016. Patients use VDOT smartphone application to record a video of themselves ingesting their medications. After recording stops, the application encrypts the video and transfers it through a cellular or Wi-Fi connection to a server for storage and playback. On a routine basis, treatment monitors log into a secure website to view each video and document their observations. Missing videos or videos not showing complete dose ingestion trigger follow-up procedures to investigate missed doses and provide patient support as needed. VDOT, video directly observed therapy.

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