Utilizing Telemedicine and Mobile Health Platform in Facilitating Acute Heart Failure Treatment
Utilizing Telemedicine and Mobile Health Platform in Facilitating Acute Heart Failure Treatment
The project aims to develop a mobile health platform with wearable devices to improve medical care for acute heart failure patients from low-income families.
Grantee
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Project Type
Research
Project Nature
Healthcare
Major Beneficiaries
Others
Approved Funding Amount
HK$400,000
Funding Period (months)
24
Status
Active
Impact / Expected Impact
The project will reduce the number of clinic visits and enhance patients’ safety by a mobile health platform with wearable devices to remotely monitor the conditions of patients with chronic heart failure. The target beneficiaries are mainly low-income patients with acute heart failure who are about to be discharged from the hospitals.