New Project Trains mHealth on Medication Adherence for Transplant Patients
Johns Hopkins, the University of Virginia and the University of Miami will be testing a telehealth platform and mHealth app developed by emocha Health to help providers remotely monitor medication adherence in kidney and liver transplant patients.
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- Researchers at three health systems will soon be launching a telehealth study to determine whether transplant patients can improve their medication management through an mHealth app.
Johns Hopkins University, the University of Virginia and the University of Miami will be taking part in the pilot program, funded by a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Diabetes and Digestives and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The study will evaluate whether care providers can use video-based Directly Observed Therapy to ensure that kidney and liver transplant patients are taking their medications when they should.
The project is being coordinated by emocha Health, a Baltimore-based digital health company spun out of Johns Hopkins. The emocha app and telehealth platform enables patients to take a video when they take their medications and send that to their care providers, who use that platform to remotely monitor medication adherence.