Introduction And Goal: Currently, 1-2% of the population in developed countries are under treatment with oral anticoagulants. An appropriate strategy to deal with this increase in demand of treatment with oral anticoagulants and to manage the costs is the transfer of part or all of the responsibility for managing treatment to the patients. The use of information technology, particularly electronic health software, can be an appropriate method to improve the quality of self-management of treatment with these drugs. Therefore, this systematic review investigated studies that discuss the characteristics of electronic health software in self-management of oral anticoagulation therapy.
Method: A systematic review based on PRISMA protocol was conducted. In this study, articles were investigated that were in English. Articles existing in Cochrane, EMBASE and PubMed databases were searched up to 14 May 2017. Then, articles searched through Google Scholar were added to this study.
Findings: The common characteristics used in most software included 'encryption in exchanging information', having an 'instruction module' and 'being Android-based'. In terms of functionality, 'communication between the patient and healthcare team' existed in most of the software.
Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the accuracy of administration of the dose of the drug using computer to reach a target international normalized ratio level was not less than those administered with experienced medical staff. In addition, the results indicated that important characteristics of the software include encryption in exchanging information, instruction module and Android-based instruction module. The most important characteristic was the interaction between the patient and the healthcare team.
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