Stanford’s mHealth Project Targets Heart Health in Underserved Populations
Stanford Medicine is launching a new study to determine if mHealth wearables can help with cardiovascular care management in blacks, Hispanics and drivers in ridesharing programs.
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By - Stanford Medicine will soon be launching a new program that aism to determine whether mHealth wearables can be used to manage cardiovascular health in underserved populations.
Armed with a $2.5 million grant from the American Heart Association, the California health system’s Center for Digital Health will develop a research program targeted at black and Hispanic people and drivers for ridesharing companies.
“This grant will help promote our research into expanding the use of digital health care to help make medical decisions remotely,” Mintu Turakhia, MD, the center’s executive director and an associate professor of medicine at Stanford, said in a press release.
