Product Type: Health Literacy and Education Programs

SOFIA

Massachusetts General Hospital

SOFIA was created and validated in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital for children with ADHD to deliver reminders and educational messages to improve pediatric adherence and management of ADHD.

PRAISE

University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine and NYU Langone Health

A study to provide real time adaptive personal messaging to adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Keeping In Touch

University Health Network and The Hospital for Sick Children

KIT is a text message-based chatbot tool to provide educational and care navigation support for young adults with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). KIT is currently being trialed by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the McGill University Health Centre at four sites in Ontario and two sites in Quebec.

DESI

The Population Health Research Institute

A clinical health coaching portal and SMS program to facilitate diet and exercise. Piloted with McMaster University to reduce risk of gestational dysglycemia, incident GDM, and infant risk in high-risk pregnant women of South Asian Ancestry.

4Me

NYU Langone Health

An academic study to provide real time adaptive personal messaging to adults with type 2 diabetes and hypertension.

A4i

Joint Venture with CAMH

A4i (App4Indpendence) is a platform for supporting people with complex behavioural and mental health conditions. Currently, A4i is being used to support the recovery processes in psychosis and schizophrenia, and newly in opioid use disorders.

SmartParent

University of British Colombia

A validated pre-natal and postpartum adaptive SMS program that provides pregnancy resources to improve perinatal health literacy and pregnancy outcomes. Used by thousands of parents across multiple health authorities in Canada, the program was co-created with the University of British Columbia.

BeWell

Univ. of Saskatchewan and CAMH

Co-created with the Univ. of Saskatchewan and CAMH, inspired by COVID-19 isolation, anxiety and depression challenges this light-touch SMS Intervention checks-in and matches employees and members with curated mental wellness tools and promotes the benefits already made available by employers.

Automated Behavioral Text Messaging and Face-to-Face Intervention for Parents of Overweight or Obese Preschool Children: Results From a Pilot Study

An innovative SMS intervention to improve adherence to stimulants in children with ADHD: Preliminary findings

SmartMom Text Messaging for Prenatal Education: A Qualitative Focus Group Study to Explore Canadian Women’s Perceptions

Text message-based intervention, Keeping in Touch (KiT), to support youth as they transition to adult type 1 diabetes care: a protocol for a multisite randomised controlled superiority trial

Implementation of a population mental health and wellness text-message service: a mixed-methods study

Towards Meaningful Engagement with Clinician Advisors: Lessons Learned Co-Creating a Digital Mental Health Tool

Implementation of a digital health program to support clinical mental health

IWK provides free prenatal education in Nova Scotia with SmartParent

Expectant Parents’ Preferences for Teaching by Texting: Development and Usability Study of SmartMom