Dr. Clara Chow will present High-Touch, High-Tech: The Power of Texting to Improve Health.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA, November 16, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Google Impact Challenge winner and Scientific Leader, Dr. Clara Chow to give a talk on text messaging platform that improves health outcomes and mobilizes clinical research tonight the 16th of November at Amoura Restaurant located on 713 Linden Avenue South San Francisco, CA. 94080. To express your interest in attending Professor Chow’s talk, please contact Kristine Afansev, George Clinical's Business Development Manager by email kafansev@georgeclinical.com. Spaces are limited so secure your place today!


George Clinical’s parent organization, The George Institute for Global Health were recently announced winners of the Google Impact Challenge, with their “TEXTCARE” application. With a top prize of AUD$750,000, Professor Chow and her colleagues plan to use its proven text messaging platform to tackle chronic disease on a global scale.

“An SMS has the power to save millions of lives,” Professor Clara Chow said. “We have over five years of evidence to prove that this relatively low-tech and inexpensive method of communication with patients can have a long-lasting impact on their lifestyle and their adherence to medication. As such, TEXTCARE has the potential to significantly improve a patient’s longevity and quality of life.”

Scientific Leadership is a unique service offered by George Clinical that utilizes the expertise and networks of the George Institute to identify the best clinical trial sites and boost recruitment. George Clinical’s scientific leaders share a passion for innovative and cost effective solutions to improve clinical trial design.
“We are regularly impressed by the innovative, evidence-based solutions to chronic disease management generated by our Scientific Leaders,” Dr Marisa Petersen, Executive Director of George Clinical said. “TEXTCARE is a platform that has been shown to improve compliance with medication and engagement with physicians. This text messaging platform is easily applicable to support patient retention particularly in long term outcomes studies – and the evidence is there to show it works”.
The George Institute and George Clinical have a highly successful, symbiotic relationship. The Institute provides the expertise of its high-caliber researchers, such as Professor Clara Chow. George Clinical provides a world-class full service CRO, delivering clinical trials to the highest standards for small and large pharmaceutical, medical device and biotech companies. George Clinical also provides its services to Institute trials and a majority of George Clinical’s profits are donated to the Institute in order to support its ongoing body of global research.
“Our trials have already shown that this technology works,” Professor Chow said. "People who receive these personalised texts are more likely to take their medications correctly, stop smoking and start exercising, placing them at much lower risk of suffering another heart attack or stroke.”

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The George Institute for Global Health is improving the lives of millions of people worldwide through innovative health research. Working across a broad health landscape, the Institute conducts clinical, population and health system research aimed at changing health practice and policy worldwide. The Institute has a global network of medical and health experts working together to address the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Established in Australia and affiliated with The University of Sydney, the Institute today also has offices in China, India and the United Kingdom, and is also affiliated with Peking University Health Science Centre, the University of Hyderabad and the University of Oxford. Follow us on Facebook at and on Twitter @georgeinstitute

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