LIVE BLOG – HEALTH 2.0 SAN FRAN USA
The dwell sense app turns a normal tablet into an in-house dashboard
It tracks medication compliance and basic tasks around the house
It was sent to home of 40 elderly people For the study
It helps them to be self aware of their actions at home
The data can also be used from clinical sense to see a decline in help such as when patients start to miss medications or not perform basic activities well
This tool is like flying with instruments! (says a panelist) we need more tools to practice
Final comments from all the panel
– integration of all the data is important
-need to work out the data is incorporated into the workflow
-important for patients to use the tools
– the tools are great for the caregivers