The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and MEMOTEXT Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop and commercialize an award-winning mobile health intervention for people with schizophrenia. The app will engage patients more fully with the recovery process, and enhance the self-management of their illness beyond their clinical care.
Through the creation of a new company, A4i Inc., CAMH and MEMOTEXT will develop the intervention, which includes an intake portal, personalization engine and communications platform. Today, A4i won a competition sponsored by JLabs Toronto to bring this intervention closer to reality.
The intervention, known as the App for Independence (A4i), will leverage both digital health technologies and evidence-based care to better engage patients, family and providers as supports in the care process. This approach is among the first attempts to apply mobile technology as a platform of support to extend care for schizophrenia, and may apply to other mental health conditions.
Read the full story here:
and