COPD - endurance training via mobile phone.

The purpose of this study is to encourage patients who suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) to get regular daily exercise via walking. When the patient is exercising at home, the platform generates a short message service (SMS) message to the patient inverted exclamation mark|s mobile phone telling him/her at what level of intensity (i.e.

Care for Asthma via Mobile Phone (CAMP).

The primary goal of the Care for Asthma via Mobile Phone (CAMP) service is to provide an effective method by which Taiwan's asthma patients can easily monitor their asthma symptoms using a common mobile phone. With the CAMP service, the patient uses his own cellular phone to submit his daily peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) and answer a simple questionnaire regarding to daily activities. The CAMP service participant then receives an asthma symptom assessment and care suggestion message immediately after imputing his information.