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Developing a child-focused personal medication management system
The Foundation's program, Catalyzing a Health Information Environment to Support Individuals and Families, was designed to expand the personal health records vision and encourage the market to develop a variety of products that will meet the diverse needs of patients. This project seeks to develop a PHR uniquely suited to meet the needs of children with chronic illnesses (specifically cystic fibrosis). Children are considered to be unique as they have less control over their medication administration (e.g., a care giver or parent gives them their medication) and have different dosing requirements based on body size/weight and age. The team envisions their PHR connecting disjoint care teams (school nurse, parents, primary caregiver) through their application to deliver continuous care to children.
Grant Details
Amount Awarded $300,000.00
Awarded on: 12/6/2006
Time frame: 12/1/2006 - 11/30/2008
Grant Number: 59881
Grantee
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1211 Medical Center Drive
Nashville, TN, 37232-0010
615-322-5000
Website
Kevin B. Johnson
Project Director
615-936-6867
Email