Two years after piloting an mHealth app for children dealing with serious illnesses, Seattle Children’s Hospital is scaling up the platform to a much larger population. The hospital has unveiled the new PRISM (Promoting Resiliency in Stress Management) connected health platform, designed to help young patients with serious health issues like cancer and type 1 diabetes – and their families - develop resilience skills to deal with the challenges that a chronic disease has thrown into their lives.
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