Building Better Apps for Better Care

The Brigham Innovation Hub connects the hospital community to the right resources to implement digital health projects that could benefit patients.

After hearing about a mobile app project in the works by urologist Quoc-Dien Trinh, MD, Elias reached out to him to help build it on iHub’s platform. Trinh’s app aims to help men with prostate cancer offset the negative side effects of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), which slows disease progression by diminishing male hormones that stimulate cancer growth.

“We know that ADT therapy keeps men alive, but it can also complicate their lives by causing serious metabolic problems such as rapid weight gain, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease,” says Trinh.

Source: BRIGHAM HEALTH SUMMER 2018