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Ideating Mobile Health Behavioral Support For Compliance To Therapy For Patients With Chronic Disease: A Case Study Of Atrial Fibrillation Management, Mor Peleg, Wojtek Michalowski, Szymon Wilk, Enea Parimbelli, Silvia Bonaccio, Dympna O'Sullivan, Martin Michalowski, Silvana Quaglini, Marc Carrier

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Poor patient compliance to therapy results in a worsening condition that often increases healthcare costs. In the MobiGuide project, we developed an evidence-based clinical decision-support system that delivered personalized reminders and recommendations to patients, helping to achieve higher therapy compliance. Yet compliance could still be improved and therefore building on the MobiGuide project experience, we designed a new component called the Motivational Patient Assistant (MPA) that is integrated within the MobiGuide architecture to further improve compliance. This component draws from psychological theories to provide behavioral support to improve patient engagement and thereby increasing patients' compliance. Behavior modification interventions are delivered …