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Chinese Aged Diabetic Assistant (CADA)

last updated Jul 5, 2012

Overview

Implementing organization: 
Beijing Medical University and Peking University First Hospital
Implementation Partner(s): 
St Louis University, Old Dominion University,
Legal Status: 
Private (not-for-profit)
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
All income levels

Funding

Funders: 
Microsoft Research

Technology

Technology Used: 
Phones › Apps/Software, PDA/Tablet › Apps/Software
Technology Purpose: 
Facilitating Patient Communications › General Health Education
Summary: 

This project utilizes a smart phone based management tool created for elderly diabetics in China.

Key program components: 

Economic development and the resultant lifestyle changes are contributing to rapidly rising diabetes rates in fast-growing nations such as China. To counter this trend, Microsoft Research and a group of researchers from several universities and Chinese medical centers are developing a smartphone-based self-management and support system for elderly diabetics in China. The project will use smartphones to send elderly diabetics recommendations and guidelines related to physical activity, glucose and blood pressure monitoring, weight measurement, and diet. Patients will be trained to enter and send data on glucose levels, and doctors will be able to track patient data and graphically display data for patients. The system designers will use a user-centered design approach to develop software that reflects the preferences and capabilities of the targeted population to achieve maximum usability. The project’s software will be available free of charge and will work on PDAs and smartphones that run the Windows Mobile operating system.

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