Mhealth project to provide assistance to regions of New Zealand

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The people of Otago and Southland will soon be benefitting from this new initiative in their areas. A new initiative using mhealth technology has been designed to provide assistance across the regions of Otago and Southland in order to better bring together General Practice and the patients for whom they are providing care. The new system is meant to provide a number of services directly to the patient in order to ensure better care. Southern PHO, with Southern DHB’s support, has contracted a company named Vensa health in order to…

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Mhealth program from Verizon to assist needy communities in San Diego

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The wireless provider’s goal is to help to reach children who have never had a dentist or doctor. The Verizon Foundation has just announced the progress of a telemedicine grant for La Maestra Community Health Centers in order to boost an mhealth program that is meant to bring children in the neediest communities access to a dentist and a doctor, especially if they have never seen one before. The grant was originally given last fall, and allowed for the purchase of a considerable amount of equipment. The grant was for…

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Mhealth program created to assist victims of Deepwater Horizon

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Three years later, the Louisiana disaster is still contributing to medical conditions in the state. Though there has been three years that have passed since the Deepwater Horizon disaster off the shores of Louisiana, there are many people in the state who are still suffering from medical problems as a result to their exposure to the oil spill, and an mhealth program has been developed in order to assist these individuals. The hope is that this mobile friendly medical program will be helpful to those who were hardest hit. The…

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Mhealth program in Mexico designed to assist pregnant women

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At risk women of gestational diabetes now have access to a new service to assist them with the condition. Up to 18 percent of women in Mexico will contract gestational diabetes during their pregnancies, and a new mhealth program has now been released to provide those women with assistance and education about the condition. This new health care effort is uses basic text messaging technology to help spread awareness. It is a combined effort between the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation and Project HOPE. They have come up with an mhealth program…

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