In recent years, there has been widespread use of mobile smartphone and computer devices within the healthcare environment. A recent survey of teenagers and caregivers in urban paediatric practices showed that 84% of respondents were smartphone owners, a finding that was independent of age group, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (Singh et al., 2014). DeMaio et al. (2001) conducted a pilot study that compared videophone telemedicine (V-DOT) to standard DOT (S-DOT) in the treatment of TB. In the videophone group, patients took videos of medication administration that were provided to clinicians involved in their management. The adherence rate was 95% for V-DOT compared to 97.5 % for S-DOT, but personnel time was decreased by 288 hours with V-DOT in only 6 patients. Similarly, a telehealth videophone home monitoring approach to TB was shown to enhance treatment compliance and use less clinic resources in a larger study by Wade et al. (2012).