Download Your Doctor: Implementation of a Digitally Mediated Personal Physician Presence to Enhance Patient Engagement With a Health-Promoting Internet Application

Charilaos Lygidakis   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Paul Wallace   ^{2 *} , MSc,FRCGP,FFPHM ;   Costanza Tersar   ^{3 *} , MSc ;   Francesco Marcatto   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Donatella Ferrante   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Roberto Della Vedova   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Francesca Scafuri   ^{4 *} ;   Emanuele Scafato   ^{5 *} , MD,MSc ;   Pierluigi Struzzo   ^{3, 4 *} , MD

¹ Centro Studi e Ricerche in Medicina Generale (CSeRMEG), Monza, Italy

² Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

³ Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

⁴ Region Friuli Venezia Giulia, Regional Centre for the Training in Primary Care, Monfalcone, Italy

⁵ Istituto Superiore di Sanità, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Health Promotion on Alcohol and Alcohol-Related Health Problems, Osservatorio Nazionale Alcol, Centro Nazionale di Epidemiologia, Sorveglianza e Promozione della Salute, Rome, Italy

*all authors contributed equally