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The partners announced Wednesday that thei r study aims to change the way primary care is delivere din Miami’s Overtown neighborhood – a predominantly African-Americajn section that has a high rate of They will create an electronic feedbacl loop between patients and primary care physicianws that should improve the monitoring of chronic The initial focus will be on diabetes. “Considerinv that diabetes is one of the leadinv illnesses in the United the ability for patiente to more accurately track and managse their condition can have a meaningful impact on their personall health as well as the cost containment forour customers,” Jack general manager for the U.S.
Public Sectof Health at Microsoft, said in a news The program will use technologies developed byMicrosoftg (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Bellevue, Wash.-based Resolute Solutions. “It is our hope that this pilo t will be able to fundamentally change the way that familyh practice isimplemented – moving from a low-tech, high-touchj model to a high-tech, high-toucn model,” said Dr. Robert Schwartz, professor and chairmajn of Family Medicine and Community Healtb at the UM Miller Schoolof Medicine, in a news release. The studyy will be funded by a federao grant previously awardedto UM.