Research and Development : Medicine ManagementAging Care Health Network
Submitted: April, 2010
Internet application linking patients, family and care providers.
Pearl - Personal Robotic Assistant / Nursebot - University of Pittsburgh / Carngie Melon University
Submitted: April, 2010
Personal robotic assistants have the potential to assist elderly persons in: Intelligent reminding, Tele-presence, Data collection and surveillance, and Mobile manipulation.
Pocket PC Technology "Pocket Buddy" - Florida Institute of Technology
Submitted: April, 2010
Florida Tech Professor of Psychology, Dr. Frank Webbe, and Dr. Annie Becker, Director of the Florida Tech National Center for Small Business Information, received $200,000 from the Alzheimer’s Association to study the use of PocketPC and Web technologies to promote quality of life for Alzheimer’s patients and caregivers.
Child-Friendly Medminder to Improve Compliance, Safety by LIFETECHniques, Inc. (NIH)
Submitted: April, 2010
Electronic compliance monitoring has provided new options for tracking dosing adherence.
Indiana University Gero-informatics Program
Submitted: April, 2010
The Indiana University Gero-informatics Program (GiP) develops, applies, and studies ways to use information and information systems to improve the health and healthcare of older adults. Areas of work have included telecommunications, electronic referrals, clinical decision support, self-management, patient-oriented decision support, and prescribing for older adults with cognitive impairment or in need of emergency medical services.