Using Mobile Health Technology to Deliver a Community-Based Closed-Loop Management System for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients in Remote Areas of China: Development and Prospective Observational Study

Ning Deng   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   Juan Chen   ^{3 *} , MD ;   Yiyuan Liu   ¹ , MSc ;   Shuoshuo Wei   ³ , MSc ;   Leiyi Sheng   ¹ , BSc ;   Rong Lu   ³ , BSc ;   Zheyu Wang   ¹ , BSc ;   Jiarong Zhu   ³ , BSc ;   Jiye An   ¹ , PhD ;   Bei Wang   ³ , BSc ;   Hui Lin   ¹ , BSc ;   Xiuyan Wang   ³ , MSc ;   Yumin Zhou   ⁴ , MD ;   Huilong Duan   ¹ , PhD ;   Pixin Ran   ⁴ , MD

¹ Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

² Engineering Research Center of Cognitive Healthcare of Zhejiang Province (Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

³ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China

⁴ State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

*these authors contributed equally