linkAges Connect

Palo Alto Medical Foundation's Innovation Center, in partnership with the
City of Palo Alto Utilities Department, is excited to launch a pilot project
to test if utility meters can be used to easily convey information on
seniors’ daily well-being to their loved ones.

Connect uses passive in-home monitoring of utility usage (eg, electricity and
water) to proactively detect changes in seniors’ physical and social health
status that can be shared via the Web with caregivers. A daily spike in
electrical usage at 7am, for example, might be associated with cooking
breakfast, while lack of activity may suggest a problem. The data is uploaded
to a Web dashboard that a family member or caregiver can monitor from
anywhere.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/files/publications/innovation-profile/2015/sep/1835_hayes_linkages_v2.pdf?la=en%20?

Links:
linkAges Connect
http://innovation.pamf.org/linkages-connect

Palo Alto Medical Foundation's Innovation Center
http://innovation.pamf.org

City of Palo Alto Utilities Department
http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/utl/default.asp

linkAges
http://innovation.pamf.org/linkages

Submitted by Jules Sherman