[Effect of Holistic Patient Support Using the Remote Medication Support Application]

Medication support applications(apps)have been introduced to support oral anti-cancer drug management for outpatients with gastrointestinal cancer. It has been suggested that remote support using medication support apps contributes to improving the quality of life through adverse event management as well as medication management. However, it was evident that elderly patients could not install the apps due to barriers related to the network environments and device operations and medical problems such as information management and securing human resources.