Application for doctor appointments and medication reminders for ongoing patient

Eighty percent of persons aged 65 and up suffer from at least one chronic condition, with 68 percent suffering from two or more. Managing numerous chronic diseases is a tremendous difficulty for many older adults. Adults with chronic conditions commonly have poor medication adherence, which has harmful implications. Traditional adherence strategies are difficult to implement and ineffective in most cases. Missed appointments can result in unresolved medical issues, leaving patients vulnerable and causing them to present later, or live with untreated or worsened health. Moreover, patients with multimorbidity, those living in high deprivation areas, and those with mental health difficulties are the patients most likely to miss general practice appointments.

Therefore, treatment and follow-up appointment adherence is a primary focus for chronic diseases in the elderly. In recent years, there has been a substantial surge in the use of mobile apps to aid medical adherence and/or doctor appointment details. On the other hand, an application containing a complete set of information about patients' treatment data, as well as an alert function for doctor appointments and prescription reminders, all integrated into one application that is specifically created for elderly patients is hard to find. As a result, the goal of this project is to create a one-stop application that will remind patients of medical appointments and medicines.

The "HosDate" application was created with Unity software and the Firebase platform for its database. Three application-developing specialists and two medical personnel were specifically selected to evaluate the application and content quality, respectively. 30 target groups, ranging in age from 15 to 45 years old and receiving ongoing treatment and taking prescribed medications, were randomly selected to evaluate the app's user satisfaction.

The overall quality of the "HosDate" application was rated as good (mean=4.25, S.D.=0.37) by technical experts, and the overall content quality was likewise rated as good (mean=3.98, S.D.=0.30) by medical staff. The target groups assessed the users' satisfaction at the highest level, which is very good (mean=4.57, S.D.=0.17). Based on the findings, it can be stated that the "HosDate" application is beneficial to patients in terms of assisting and organizing doctor appointments and medication administration.