Assisted living technologies

This class refers to wearables and advanced assisting technologies such as robots that enhance healthcare delivery services. Wearables can impact clinical decision-making and improve the quality of self- and patient-care by, for example, providing information about patients’ physical activity. Wearables may contain apps and/or sensors, but sensors can also be embedded in smartphones, medical devices, and other things like chairs and mattresses. Some examples of wearables include smartwatches, Google Glass, and wearable body sensors [1]

Robots are programable machines, fully autonomous or human-controlled, that replicate human actions and can assist humans. Robots combine several technologies such as sensors, artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, etc. Robots can be used in the health system to assist people who live with different levels of disabilities or support seniors to live independently [1].

References

[1] Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: OECD Health Working Paper No. 129 Empowering the health workforce to make the most of the digital revolution, 2021. https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/37ff0eaa-en.pdf expires=1659692703&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=837633414E08CB8F3481B65238280DE4