Rebooting Modern Medicine
From: Discover - 12/2014 - page 63
By: Carl Engelking

Ideas and projects to usher in a new era for personal health.

linkAges Connect collects data from household utilities to help seniors live
independently and safely. By tapping into smart meter, the system tracks when
the lights go on and off, and when gas usage spikes (indicating, for
instance, when a meal is being cooked). Tracking those patterns over time,
doctors could spot changes that may reflect health issues, such as grandpa
leaving the lights on all night, indicating that he may be suffering from
insomnia. Caretakers could then be alerted to check in. 

Read the abstract at:
http://discovermagazine.com/2014/dec/20-rebooting-modern-medicine

Link:
What is linkAges?
http://innovation.pamf.org/linkages/linkages-ecosystem/