St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Microsoft's recent academic research partnerships, remote care for Kaiser Permanente patients and more digital health deals

By Dave Muoio and Laura Lovett 03:24 pm May 28, 2019

Microsoft recently detailed two partnerships with pediatric health research groups that have yielded tools and insights for clinicians tackling prevalent conditions. The first, with Seattle Children’s Research Institute, saw the two organizations teaming up on a data-driven partnership aiming to identify predictors and risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). By collecting public...

St. Jude gets $4.4M from NIH for app to improve medication adherence in sickle cell anemia patients

By Heather Mack 05:16 pm September 22, 2016

St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital has been awarded a six-year, $4.4. million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (part of the National Institutes of Health) to use a mobile app to improve medication adherence by adolescent patients with sickle cell anemia. A new team comprised of healthcare professionals from St. Jude, the University of Memphis, Methodist University...