Microsoft officials have announced 15 recipients of funding from the company's HealthVault Be Well fund.
Announced Tuesday during the Second Annual Microsoft HealthVault Solutions Conference in Bellevue, Wash., the 15 recipients represent a wide range of online solutions designed to address health issues, such as childhood obesity, medication reconciliation, gathering and dissemination of mobile health information, diabetes management and ways to help people manage their health more effectively.
Last month Microsoft officials increased the Be Well Fund to $4.5 million after receiving nearly 200 proposals from leading academic and research health organizations across the United States.
The recipients are:
- BayCare Health System, Medication Reconciliation and HealthVault Integration;
- Columbia University, Managing Immunization Information Using HealthVault;
- Columbus Research Foundation, The Columbus Model for Childhood Obesity Intervention: A Computer-Based Initiative Integrated Into HealthVault;
- Intermountain Healthcare Clinical Genetics Institute, Capturing Electronic Family Health History Data to Improve Patient Care;
- Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Remote Monitoring of Body Weight and Food Intake in Free-Living Individuals;
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The Impact of Automated Dosing Reminders on Medication Adherence Using HealthVault;
- LSU Healthcare Network, LSUHN Medication Reconciliation Evacuation Response;
- MedStar Diabetes Institute at Washington Hospital Center, ehealth2go;
- Morehouse School of Medicine, Integrated Mobile Health Solution for Diabetes Care;
- Partners HealthCare, Utilization of HealthVault in a Patient-Centric Diabetes Management Program;
- Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute, Increasing Autonomy in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes;
- St. Joseph Health System, Be Well From Birth - e-BabyBook;
- St. Joseph Hospital Foundation, EMS Bridge;
- St. Vincent's Birmingham, St. Vincent's Birmingham Successful Management of Obstetrics Population;
- and the University of Washington, Using Mobile Technologies to Uncover Barriers to Healthy Behavior in Heart Disease Patients.
"The Be Well Fund winners share our vision of using the Internet to empower people to fully engage in managing their health and improving health outcomes," said Peter Neupert, corporate vice president of the Health Solutions Group at Microsoft. "We're excited to help these organizations turn their ideas into reality and to expand the capabilities and services available through HealthVault."
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