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May 06, 2011

Healthcare Technology and News: GenerationOne and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Test Mobile Technology to Aid Management of Teenagers with Asthma


GenerationOne, the nation’s first fully integrated, end-to-end wireless health platform, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have partnered to test mobile technology to aid management of teenagers with asthma.

According to officials, mobile phones represent an appealing technology for tailoring interventions and bridging knowledge to action in adolescents but there was limited knowledge in the area. The 14-month long clinical trial conducted by the partnership is supposed to act as a basis for efforts to secure funding for a larger clinical trial to fully test the efficacy of this intervention.

Cincinnati Children's and GenerationOne developed and tested self-management interventions for adolescents with asthma that incorporate efficacious components that were tailored, via mobile technology, to adolescent needs. The partnership was looking to model a personalized multimodal behavioral intervention that blended motivation, knowledge and problem-solving skills to aid kids with moderate and severe persistent asthma.

GenerationOne asserted that it realized the heavy health burden teenagers in the U.S. face from conditions like asthma. And it was pleased to tailor a mobile program for Cincinnati Children's research program for testing teen's ability to use mobile devices in helping them control asthma in real life situations.

The GenerationOne Mobile Health Solution creates connections for users that enable multi-way alerts and communications between them, their physicians, and caregivers – their community of care. The solution can also be programmed to work through compatible mobile phones and provide comprehensive health support such as ongoing health reminders, personal health history and nursing support.

The platform as part of the clinical trial was tweaked with the medical content and protocols developed by Cincinnati Children medical center and personalized messages and reminders were sent to the participant’s own mobile phone. Researchers also had the ability to send ad hoc messages for both positive reinforcement and intervention requirements.

Both GenerationOne and Cincinnati Children’s were pleased with the results of the trial and pledged their allegiance to use the technology to further progress in realizing ways to reduce asthma morbidity and mortality.




Nathesh is a contributing editor for HealthTechZone. To read more of Nathesh's articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Jennifer Russell
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