FamiliLink- Online communication solution for older adults to stay digitally connected to others
Submitted: April, 2010
FamiliLink empowers families to more easily provide care and support to their elderly loved ones by including them in the digital loop through accessible and user friendly technology. FamiliLink offers a subscription based service for individuals and a hosted solution (software as a service) for senior care facilities and senior communities.

Creative Music Technologies for Alzheimer Assessment and Treatment
Submitted: April, 2010
A large number of older individuals are at risk for, or may be in the early stages of, cognitive decline. Unfortunately, there is no reliable screening method for such impairments, and a thorough diagnostic workup to detect mild memory and thinking deficits can be complex and time-consuming. Tod Machover, B.M., M.M., and colleagues are working to develop a cognitive assessment tool that can be easily integrated into supervised activities for older adults.

Virtual Reality Visuospatial Assessment as a Predictor of Mild Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type
Submitted: April, 2010
Visuospatial perception-the ability to process and interpret visual informa-tion about where one is in relation to his or her environment-becomes impaired in people with Alzheimer's disease. Deficits in this ability can contribute to disorientation, difficulty performing daily activities and loss of independence. Albert Rizzo, Ph.D., and colleagues are investigating the utility of virtual reality (VR) technology for assessing visuospatial perception.

Cell Phone Video Streaming in Alzheimer's Disease
Submitted: April, 2010
Remaining at home as long as possible can be personally, socially and economically beneficial for many people with dementia and their families. Innovative schemes using assistive home technologies may reduce isolation and improve functioning for these individuals. Such technologies may ease the demands on caregivers and help people who might otherwise need to consider institutional care. David Craig, M.D., and colleagues have developed a protocol for the novel use of cell phone technology to increase communication between individuals with Alzheimer's disease and their remote caregivers.

Set-Top Box for Home-based Delivery of Health Care
Submitted: April, 2010
Our research centers on the use of multi-point videoconferencing, using small set-top boxes (the DocBox) which are placed in patient's homes. These units, about the size of a paperback book, connect to a home television and to a broadband internet connection. Our videoconferencing unit requires little or no interaction from the patient, and is controlled centrally by the health care or wellness provider.

ActivHealth: A PHR System for At-Risk Sedentary Adults
Submitted: April, 2010
Project HealthDesign support pioneers in health information technology to design next-generation personal health record (PHR) systems. A July 2006 call for proposals generated more than 165 applications from technology pioneers across the country. The Research Triangle Institute team will design innovative personal health record tools that assist sedentary adults that are at risk for or suffering from chronic diseases in becoming more physically active.

Living Profiles: Transmedia Personal Health Record Systems for Young Adults
Submitted: April, 2010
Project HealthDesign support pioneers in health information technology to design next-generation personal health record (PHR) systems. A July 2006 call for proposals generated more than 165 applications from technology pioneers across the country. This effort aims to help adolescent youth play a more active role in their health and health care at a pivotal moment – as they transition from pediatric to adult care systems.

Assisting Older Adults with Transitions of Care
Submitted: April, 2010
Project HealthDesign support pioneers in health information technology to design next-generation personal health record (PHR) systems. A July 2006 call for proposals generated more than 165 applications from technology pioneers across the country. The University of Colorado at Denver’s Care Transitions Intervention has improved the quality and safety of transitional care by using a paper personal health record (PHR) to inform and empower patients and caregivers.

A Customized Care Plan for Breast Cancer Patients
Submitted: April, 2010
Project HealthDesign support pioneers in health information technology to design next-generation personal health record (PHR) systems. A July 2006 call for proposals generated more than 165 applications from technology pioneers across the country. This team will design an application that builds a customized care plan for patients diagnosed with breast cancer.

Personal Health Management Assistant
Submitted: April, 2010
Project HealthDesign support pioneers in health information technology to design next-generation personal health record (PHR) systems. A July 2006 call for proposals generated more than 165 applications from technology pioneers across the country. The grant team will design a Personal Health Management Assistant tool intended to assist patients diagnosed with heart failure and heart disease (HF/HD) in self-managing their condition at home.

Personal Health Application for Diabetes Self-Management
Submitted: April, 2010
Project HealthDesign support pioneers in health information technology to design next-generation personal health record (PHR) systems. A July 2006 call for proposals generated more than 165 applications from technology pioneers across the country. This team will design a personal health application for patients with diabetes that integrates and analyzes data including nutrition intake, physical activity levels, medications and biometric information collected through personal monitoring, such as blood glucose levels and weight.

Chronic Disease Medication Management Between Office Visits
Submitted: April, 2010
Project HealthDesign support pioneers in health information technology to design next-generation personal health record (PHR) systems. A July 2006 call for proposals generated more than 165 applications from technology pioneers across the country. University of Washington researchers aim to design three interrelated personal health applications for overweight patients that exhibit one or more conditions that make up the metabolic syndrome.

My-Medi-Health: A Vision for a Child-focused Personal Medication Management System
Submitted: April, 2010
Project HealthDesign support pioneers in health information technology to design next-generation personal health record (PHR) systems. A July 2006 call for proposals generated more than 165 applications from technology pioneers across the country. The grant team will design a bold personal health record system for medication management that recognizes the role that children living with chronic diseases may play in their own care process.

Supporting Patient and Provider Management of Chronic Pain with PDA Applications linked to PHRs
Submitted: April, 2010
Project HealthDesign support pioneers in health information technology to design next-generation personal health record (PHR) systems. A July 2006 call for proposals generated more than 165 applications from technology pioneers across the country. This project team will design an application to run on a handheld personal digital assistant, which will interface with an individual’s personal health record, to better meet the treatment and information needs of patients following common pain therapy plans.

ECG Glove by iNeedMD
Submitted: April, 2010
The ECG Glove contains sensors that provide a complete electrocardiogram transmitted to an ECG machine without a tangle of wires or messy creams or pads.

Vibrating Insoles - Boston Univ. Dept. Biomedical Engineering (BUBME)
Submitted: April, 2010
Sending imperceptible vibrations through the feet of diabetics and stroke patients significantly improves their balance, according to a study coauthored by James Collins, a College of Engineering professor of biomedical engineering.

The Physician's Hand by iNeedMD
Submitted: April, 2010
The Physician’s Hand is a glove in which are imbedded a variety of sensors

Presbyterian Pilot Project~ Cost effective holistic innovations in providing technology solutions.
Submitted: April, 2010
A state-of-the-art and technologically advanced Parkinson's disease movement impairment residence that is serving as a national model in the care and treatment of Parkinson's and other movement impairment diseases both on campus and within the community.

Context Aware Devices to Support Independence
Submitted: April, 2010
Intelligent, computer-based devices that support older adults and others with memory deline, by using wireless sensor networks to determine when reminders of daily activities are needed, and generating personalized reminders as appropriate.