HOME HEALTH MONITORING: An in-depth look into designing the next generation of health technology for older adults living at home

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  • September 20, 2019
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  • Zimmerman, Jonathan
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management
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  • The changing landscape of healthcare regulation, shifting needs of an aging population and recent growth in the digital health marketplace have placed home health monitoring and its associative technologies at the forefront of discussion for both consumers and companies. Organizations across the country are looking to identify the next big breakthrough in the healthcare industry and capitalize on sizable gains in investment. However, there remains significant disparities between the goals of the industry and the fragmented solutions currently available. This paper utilizes literature research, stakeholder interviews, company comparisons and an evaluation of the regulatory environment to build a robust framework from which to structure future innovation in the digital home health monitoring space. Findings indicate that by engaging key stakeholders (patients/informal caregivers/providers) and attending to their top needs (social engagement/care-life balance/treatment adherence, respectively) through the use personalized, communicative, and integrated designs, home health monitoring technologies can have substantial value at the industry level. Specifically, products that address informal caregivers’ challenges associated with managing medication for older adults by building strong cross-stakeholder relationships through communicative means are likely to have the greatest impact in the next 5-10 years.
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  • Pink, George
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  • Master of Healthcare Administration
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  • Health Policy Management
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • 2017
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