Center for Tech and Aging awards $477K in mobile health grants
The Center for Technology and Aging (CTA), with funding from The SCAN Foundation, has awarded $477,150 in one-year grants to five organizations that will demonstrate implementation of mobile health technologies for older adults with chronic health conditions.
The five grantees are public and private health and social services provider organizations that are forging different paths toward mobile health-enabled healthcare quality and cost improvement, according to CTA, based in Oakland, Calif. The five organizations include:
The grant program’s goal is to practically demonstrate effective approaches to using mobile health in a variety of settings and circumstances that result in better quality healthcare at a lower cost, the CTA added. The SCAN Foundation, which provided the grant money, is an independent, nonprofit charitable foundation that supports initiatives to keep seniors self-sufficient, at home and in the community.
The five grantees are public and private health and social services provider organizations that are forging different paths toward mobile health-enabled healthcare quality and cost improvement, according to CTA, based in Oakland, Calif. The five organizations include:
- CalOptima, Orange County, Calif.—Preventing or delaying transitions of Medicare members with heart disease to higher levels of care settings using mobile health and wireless tools.
- Family Services Agency of San Francisco—Using a cloud-based EHR with a tablet-based touchscreen assessment and care planning tool to improve assessment, service coordination and outcome evaluation for frail and isolated, low-income seniors, including some with behavioral health or substance abuse issues.
- Front Porch Center for Technology Innovation and Wellbeing, Los Angeles—Addressing medication adherence among active, independent older adults using a medication adherence app for cell phones.
- HealthInsight, Utah—Using a SMS-based mobile health intervention to improve diabetes education and care management in older adults.
- Sharp HealthCare Foundation, San Diego—Managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care by remotely monitoring patients.
The grant program’s goal is to practically demonstrate effective approaches to using mobile health in a variety of settings and circumstances that result in better quality healthcare at a lower cost, the CTA added. The SCAN Foundation, which provided the grant money, is an independent, nonprofit charitable foundation that supports initiatives to keep seniors self-sufficient, at home and in the community.