Health eVillages has announced a second partnership with a Louisiana health clinic, as well as a collaboration that will bring mHealth tools and services to some of the more remote islands in the Pacific.
The Marlborough, Mass.-based non-profit, launched roughly two years ago by Physicians Interactive and the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights, is now providing mHealth technology to the Robert F. Kennedy Lafitte Medical Clinic in Jean Lafitte, La., its second project in the Gulf Coast region. In addition, the organization is providing mHealth tools and resources to the USS Pearl Harbor as part of Project HOPE's Pacific Partnership 2013 program.
"Health eVillages is excited to expand our partnerships globally and here in the U.S. with these great organizations," said Donato Tramuto, CEO and chairman of Physicians Interactive and founder and chairman of Health eVillages, in a press release. "These organizations are dedicated to providing excellent, comprehensive care to some of the most underserved areas around the globe. Health eVillages is proud to support them with the latest medical information and tools that will help them to enhance the quality of care they provide on their healthcare missions."
Launched in 2011, Health eVillages provides iPods, iPads and other mobile devices equipped with healthcare information and clinical decision support tools to primary care providers in underserved areas around the world, including Haiti, Uganda, Kenya and China. In April, the organization launched its first U.S.-based initiative, a partnership with the Teche Action Board to provide mobile devices filled with clinical content to four parishes in southeastern Louisiana through a clinic in Franklin, La.
In this latest partnership, Health eVillages is providing mobile devices and content to the Jefferson Community Health Care Centers, which operates the Robert F. Kennedy Lafitte Medical Clinic and provides primary care and preventative services for roughly 3,000 underserved residents.
In addition, Health eVillages mHealth tools, equipped with the Skyscape medical app, will be used by Project HOPE members and the U.S. Navy as they visit the Marshall Islands, Kiribati and the Solomon Islands in the Pacific, delivering care to populations who have little or no access to healthcare services. John Boyer, a member of Health eServices' advisory board, serves as chief operations officer on the USS Pearl Harbor.
