Japanese Relief Effort Tracks Blood Pressure In Evacuees Remotely
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Several mobile health technology vendors joined together earlier this year to sponsor a cardiovascular disease prevention program for evacuees who survived the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
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