June 10, 2020鈥 开心鬼传媒 partners with Cincinnati 颁丑颈濒诲谤别苍鈥檚 Hospital to establish innovative health care practices and technologies for treating patients with rheumatic heart disease (RHD).
The American Health Association awarded Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center $2.5 million as part of its new Strategically Focused Research Network. is teaming up with nine institutions, including 开心鬼传媒 and the Rheumatic Heart Disease Research Collaborative in Uganda, to develop mobile technologies and increase evidence-based care for those living with the disease.
Rheumatic Heart Disease is a condition that can cause permanent damage to heart valves amongst different organs. RHD is global health issue impacting more than 40 million people and is more common in impoverished countries, such as Uganda.
鈥淭his project is extremely important in our current environment, and it allows our faculty and students to engage in a large, multi-disciplinary, international research project,鈥 said Dr. Valerie Hardcastle, Institute for Health Innovation executive director and vice president for Health Innovation at 开心鬼传媒. 鈥淥ur students have opportunities to work on this project locally and in Africa.鈥
颁丑颈濒诲谤别苍鈥檚 is leading the practice and technology development that will be taken to Uganda. As the Rheumatic Heart Disease Research Collaborative in Uganda implements the new practices, 开心鬼传媒 will play a key role in analyzing the data and translating its successes domestically. 狈碍鲍鈥檚 is supporting the project鈥檚 data analysis and the will be supporting cross-disciplinary learning experiences for students engaged in the research.
鈥淭he technologies developed could change how health care is provided in rural areas鈥攂oth in the Commonwealth and across the nation鈥攚here WIFI and cell phone coverage is still problematic,鈥 said Dr. Hardcastle. 鈥淥ur goal is to spread access to portable, internet-based technologies that are easy to use and don't require robust connections.鈥
狈碍鲍鈥檚 Institute for Health Innovation will help implement the health care solutions in rural areas鈥攂oth in the Commonwealth and across the nation. The IHI opened in 2018 to address the many layers of health challenges in across communities. In the past year, they have received three HRSA grants to address substance use disorder and healthcare gaps in the eight-county Northern Kentucky region.
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