Study Launched To Determine Impact Of Healthcare Sensor Technology
A new study launched by researchers at Quinnipiac University will attempt to determine whether seniors monitored by Healthsense, Inc.’s wireless sensor technology at the Masonicare healthcare and retirement community in Wallingford, Conn., are able to remain independent for longer, delay being admitted to a hospital or nursing home, and better attend to their own basic daily needs. Healthsense is an aging services technology company based in Mendota Heights, Minn.
The two-year study is the first of its kind in the New England area and among the first nationally to specifically examine whether integrated sensor technology can help seniors age safely and comfortably in their own homes, according to Jim Albert, Masonicare’s Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Services. Masonicare is the largest senior-focused healthcare system in Connecticut, as well as one of the largest such systems in the country.
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