Mobile health app from St. Jude brings in $4.4 million from NIH

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The application is being designed to help sickle cell anemia patients with their medication adherence. The world famous St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital will receive $4.4 million for six years for the use of a mobile health app. The money is being awarded through a grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The mobile app will be integrated by a team of experts from several different medical organizations. The team is made up of various healthcare experts from…

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Mhealth grants to be issued by the NIH

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The National Institutes of Health are now hoping to boost research and tools geared toward improved communication. A pair of grants is now being offered by the National Institutes of Health in order to help to encourage research and creation of mhealth tools that will help to improve the communication between patients and their medical providers. The goal is to increase the adherence of patients to the recommendations made by their doctors. The NIH is hoping that with these grants, they will be able to send mhealth solutions into the…

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