at-home monitoring
The retail giant and Pennsylvania-based healthcare system will create technology and services for organizations entering the chronic care management space.
The proof-of-concept study used off-the-shelf sensors to identify abnormal events and alert family members through text messages.
Published yesterday in PLoS ONE, the data suggests an alternative to the six-minute walk test often conducted in clinics to measure functional capacity.
Stony Brook University experts describe key design points for a successful in-home senior-health-monitoring system, and their efforts to develop such a tool.