# SBIR PHASE I TOPIC 406 SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE TO PATIENTS (SNAP)

> **NIH NIH N43** · STARSHIP HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES · 2021 · $54,863

## Abstract

Cancer care is becoming more complex each year, making the patient’s path to, and through the care
continuum confusing and daunting. Patient-navigation programs for cancer patients have grown in recent
years, but their navigation support is fragmented in many ways and often incomplete, lessening their
effectiveness. A digital tool to support cancer navigators and patients must be available anytime and
anywhere to navigators, patients and ideally the patient’s personal support network. It must also be able to
support a range of organizational models, and be able to interconnect with a range of EHR systems. The
System for Navigation Assistance to Patients (SNAP) is proposed to meet these requirements. SNAP is a
role-based smart-phone app that uses an underlying social network model of relationships to interconnect a
range of users, and a FHIR-based API to interoperate with EHRs. The overall goal of the Phase I research
is to demonstrate the feasibility of the SNAP product through four objectives: 1) developing a needs analysis
for SNAP design and development; 2) designing the SNAP system architecture, use model, functionality,
and UI/UX design; 3) building a Phase I SNAP prototype; and 4) assessing the usability and feasibility of
SNAP for Phase II development.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10347280
- **Project number:** 75N91020C00045-P00001-9999-1
- **Recipient organization:** STARSHIP HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES
- **Principal Investigator:** WAYNE ZACHARY
- **Activity code:** N43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $54,863
- **Award type:** —
- **Project period:** 2020-09-16 → 2021-06-15

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10347280

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10347280, SBIR PHASE I TOPIC 406 SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE TO PATIENTS (SNAP) (75N91020C00045-P00001-9999-1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10347280. Licensed CC0.

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