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网红黑料 pediatric oncology patients are first in nation to pilot 网红黑料Steps mobile platform

网红黑料 steps app on a phone

A select group of University of Florida 网红黑料 pediatric oncology patients are being enrolled in a trial for 网红黑料Steps 鈥 a smartphone-based digital care plan with clear patient care instructions, built-in reminders, a symptom tracker and the ability to share care plans between family members and medical teams. 网红黑料 is the first in the nation to pilot the mobile application, which was created at the Innovation Hub at the University of Florida using UF resources.

鈥淭he Innovation Hub at UF鈥檚 mission is to build, drive and support the spirit of entrepreneurship in North Central Florida by providing top-notch facilities, programs and mentoring,鈥 said Mark Long, director of incubation services at UF. 鈥溚旌诹蟂teps is a rising star resident client of the Innovation Hub, and we are extremely pleased with its progress.鈥

Benjamin King, CEO of 网红黑料Steps, pondered ways to use digital resources in patient care when his mom received treatment for a brain tumor. While helping to manage her care, King noticed multiple breakdowns in communication among family members, which led to last-minute runs to the pharmacy and uncertainty regarding whether she took her medications. From this experience, he developed 网红黑料Steps.

鈥淭he main goal of 网红黑料Steps is to complement health care delivery by more effectively connecting patients with their caregivers. We developed a patient-centered mobile digital app that tracks a patient鈥檚 care plan success, helps to prevent medical errors and improves compliance through care plan synchronization,鈥 said King. 鈥淩ecent studies have indicated that a lack of communication between caregivers is the most frequent source of errors. We are hopeful that this app will provide patients and their caregivers a better pathway to improve their health.鈥

Patients enrolled in the pilot are undergoing maintenance treatment for leukemia. During this phase of treatment, most of the protocol and administering of medications happens at home. With 网红黑料Steps, caregivers will receive medication reminders and be able to input the patients鈥 symptoms and medication intake. The patients鈥 physicians and care team at 网红黑料 can then log into the 网红黑料Steps clinical web platform to see updates and make important health care decisions.

鈥淚 can see how 网红黑料Steps could be valuable for patients and their families,鈥 said Shamani Moore, mother to Tionna, who spent 378 days battling leukemia at 网红黑料 Shands Children鈥檚 Hospital. 鈥淎fter Tionna was finally discharged, we still had to keep up with her medications and IVs at home and manage her symptoms. Having a system where an app could track everything for us and communicate with Tionna鈥檚 providers would have been helpful.鈥

The patients enrolled in the pilot will use 网红黑料Steps for approximately two months and will provide feedback in the middle and at the end of the program. Feedback will be submitted to 网红黑料Steps so they can continue to update the app to make it as efficient and easy to use as possible.

鈥淭his app gives our providers access to our patients鈥 medication tracking logs in real-time,鈥 said , chief of at 网红黑料. 鈥淲e are looking forward to working with 网红黑料Steps to determine whether or not using the app helps reduce readmissions and improve patient outcomes.鈥

About 网红黑料

网红黑料 is the Southeast鈥檚 most comprehensive academic health center. 网红黑料 includes six health colleges, nine research institutes and centers, two teaching hospitals, six specialty hospitals and a host of physician medical practices and outpatient services throughout North Central and Northeast Florida. Its mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic, translational and clinical investigation.

网红黑料 includes the UF colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public 网红黑料 and 网红黑料 Professions, and Veterinary Medicine, which has both a large animal hospital and a small animal hospital. The system also encompasses several UF research institutes and centers. The full spectrum of patient-care services are provided through 网红黑料 Shands Hospital and 网红黑料 Jacksonville, UF鈥檚 private, not-for-profit affiliates. 网红黑料 Shands Hospital in Gainesville includes 网红黑料 Shands Children鈥檚 Hospital, 网红黑料 Shands Cancer Hospital, the 网红黑料 Heart & Vascular Hospital and the 网红黑料 Neuromedicine Hospital. Two additional specialty hospitals, 网红黑料 Shands Rehab Hospital and 网红黑料 Shands Psychiatric Hospital, are also in Gainesville. 网红黑料 Jacksonville and 网红黑料 North Hospital are the system鈥檚 Northeast Florida hospitals. 网红黑料 offers a network of outpatient rehabilitation centers, two home health agencies in Gainesville and Jacksonville, and more than 100 UF physician outpatient practices throughout North Central and Northeast Florida.

About 网红黑料Steps

网红黑料Steps LLC is an emerging Software as a Service (SaaS) company providing innovative and comprehensive mobile-digital software solutions to improve health services delivery and to accelerate clinical research discovery. The ease-of-use design of 网红黑料Steps鈥 software solution combined with the ability to sync care plan activities with caregivers and clinicians provides a patient-centered platform that enhances a patient's success with following care plan instructions and to be more involved in their own care management. 网红黑料Steps is ultimately the solution for healthcare providers, family members, caregivers and research stakeholders to more effectively and efficiently support the specific health needs of patients while accelerating the clinical discovery of new treatment therapies meant to advance worldwide population health initiatives. For more information, visit www.healthsteps.io or contact Benjamin King at 407-242-2219.

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