Psychosocial Impact of Monitoring Technology in Assisted Living: A Pilot Study
Majd Alwan, Jon Leachtenauer, Siddharth Dalal, David Mack, Steve Kell, Beverely Turner, Robin Felder  - May, 2007

Medical Automation Research Center

Recent advances in sensor, communication, and information technologies have created opportunities to develop novel tools enabling remote management and monitoring of chronic disease, emergency conditions, and the delivery of health care. In-home monitoring has the added benefit of measuring individualized health status and reporting it to the primary care provider and caregivers alike; allowing timelier and targeted preventive interventions [1]. In-home monitoring may be one of the key solutions to the problem of providing care delivery to the world’s growing elder population.

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