ARTTS: PLHIV Monitoring System on Treatment and Antiretroviral Therapy with Analytics and Social Integration

Abstract

The most vital part of life for those people living with HIV/AIDs is medication. Without it, their situation could progress into more serious complications that could put their lives at risk. However, this current pandemic that our world faces today appended on the existing barriers PLHIVs experience. As a result, their adherence to their medication is slowly declining. With that, this study was made to provide computing solution that could ease PLHIV's pain points when it comes to their complete adherence to their medication. With the help of SCRUM as the project methodology, the project deliverables were fulfilled as swiftly as possible while minimizing cost and time. The capstone project was able to develop a mobile and web-based antiretroviral tracking system for PLHIV. The system enables the health staff to monitor the medication that is happening with the PLHIV by seeing the total number of pending proof of intakes, confirmed proof of intakes, total proof of intakes, those who are in ongoing medications, those who stopped medicating, and those with complete medications. Also, the system sends a notification reminder that will notify the PLHIV users about the necessary updates regarding the medication and checkup appointments. In addition, the system allows the PLHIV users to exchange messages and pictures that will help them to encourage one another to completely adhere to their medication. Lastly, the system allows the users to be updated and aware about the recent update regarding the status of HIV in the Philippines via the various analytics available in the system.