Project Grant Q8V45431

This is a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084). The $1,000,000 award to Immergo Labs, Inc. supports the development of an immersive virtual reality (VR) platform for remote physical therapy and monitoring. The proposed innovation aims to increase the affordability, accessibility, and accuracy of physical therapy through an embodied telehealth solution with 3D virtual avatars and...

This $110,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities will support the development of an augmented/virtual reality nursing assistant training program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The training program aims to address staffing shortages in long-term care settings through improving certified nursing assistants' (CNAs) attitudes, perceptions and communication skills related to caring for older adult patients....

This $276,000 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Project Grant will fund the development of a virtual reality platform to deliver applied behavior analysis therapy to individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Vriends Corp will create software to simulate social skills therapy environments and enable certified therapists to provide remote treatment sessions aligned with applied behavior analysis principles. The envisioned virtual reality clinic aims to improve...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $585,710 to the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY), doing business as VNS Health, to test the effectiveness of a virtual health coaching intervention called "Virtual Caregiver Coach for You" (VICCY) for caregivers of adults with heart failure and cognitive impairment. The grant aims to expand upon prior research demonstrating the efficacy of VICCY in improving self-care...

This federal Project Grant award of $776,248.00 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (CFDA 93.847 - Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research) will fund the "Virtual Housecalls" initiative at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). The project aims to redesign pediatric primary care treatment for adolescent obesity by incorporating direct-to-patient video telehealth, certified behavior coaches, and real-time skill-building...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston, TX $248,310 to research and develop technologies and practices that enable remote physicians to collaborate with nurses at local sites to perform medical physical examinations. The key products and services to be delivered include: The project will investigate touch sensing and display technologies, interaction methodologies and designs,...

The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago, along with its partners Elimu Informatics, Inc. and Emory Healthcare, were awarded a $999,227 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) under the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology program (CFDA 93.345). The project, "Powering Proactive Care: FHIR Subscriptions as the...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) totaling $2,373,964 will fund a 3-year study examining the use of telehealth to improve care for long-stay nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The key objectives are to: 1) qualitatively assess how telehealth is used in nursing homes and barriers/facilitators to its adoption, 2) characterize telehealth and in-person care utilization patterns for this population...

Magic Medical Solutions LLC was awarded a $649,958 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop the Tele Case Assessment & Response Engine ICU (TeleCARE-ICU). TeleCARE-ICU is an intelligent, mobile platform that provides comprehensive automated intensive care unit patient monitoring and assessment using machine learning algorithms. It takes inputs from standard monitoring devices, the...

The National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation awarded a $256,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant to Immergo Labs, Inc. of Santa Cruz, CA. The grant supports the development of an immersive virtual reality platform for remote physical therapy and monitoring under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The platform will enable physical therapists to conduct remote sessions with patients using VR to assess movement and provide real-time feedback...