University of Washington School of Medicine

With $1.7M NIDA grant, emocha will evaluate its app for treating opioid addiction

By Jonah Comstock 04:47 pm June 28, 2017

Baltimore-based emocha Mobile Health has been awarded a $1.7 million Fast Track Small Business Innovation Research award by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The company will use the grant for a feasibility study of its digital direct observation therapy tech. Emocha is an acronym for “electronic mobile comprehensive health application”. The company has been developing an app for...

When patients set the agenda, doctors’ visits are better, new study finds

By Bernie Monegain 11:35 am April 7, 2017

Asking patients to prepare notes ahead of a doctor visit boosts physician-patient communication and efficiency, according to new research from the University of Washington School of Medicine. The researchers asked patients at the Adult Medicine Clinic at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle to type what they wanted to discuss with the doctor into their medical records using computers in the...