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Diabetes: Text messaging program wins McKesson grant | Funding Roundup
Partners Healthcare’s Center won a research grant to pilot a text messaging program aimed at helping diabetic patients manage their condition.
The grant, provided by McKesson, was awarded to the hospital system’s Center for Connected Health.
The program, called Mobilizing for Health, targets under-served patients to study whether personalized text messages have an impact on clinical outcomes and physical activity in people with Type II diabetes, who are often obese and have low activity levels.
Partners Healthcare lands grant for diabetic text-messaging pilot
PARTNERS HEALTHCARE CENTER FOR CONNECTED HEALTH AWARDED MCKESSON FOUNDATION GRANT TO DEVELOP TEXT MESSAGING PROGRAM FOR DIABETES PATIENTS
