made in ireland – looking global
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Talk for BioBusiness, 15 September 2011, Dundalk, IrelandTRANSCRIPT
Made in Ireland – Looking Global
Prof Maurice Mulvenna TRAIL Living Lab
School of Computing and Mathematics University of Ulster
A University of Ulster Innovation Lab Visit us at trail.ulster.ac.uk
Outline
§ Connected Health § Dimensions of Connected Health § Examples § Action steps
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§ Population norms… § Connected health: – Ageing in place – Independent living – Domiciliary care – Assisted living – Sheltered housing – Supported housing – Retirement home – Nursing home – Care home
§ ...> Medical intervention
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Services
Dimensions
§ Technical § Business Model § Timing § Engagement
Ofcom research
§ Provide therapeutic support and guidance to this group of people during the hours of darkness – Investigate the needs of people with dementia at night time – Research new technological capabilities that support sophisticated service offerings – Offer therapeutic interventions using music and familiar images at bedside device – Sleep measurements variables: quantity of sleep, quality of sleep, rhythm of sleep
§ Needs-driven (ABC/UCD…) § Mainstreaming
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State Academia
Industry
Users
§ Investigating the unmet needs of older people living in the local community.
§ Talking with older people in order to prioritise problems, seeking the best available evidence to meet needs
§ working with people to implement and evaluate the evidence in practice.
§ eParticipation empowering and involving citizens in transparent decision-making in the EU
§ TRAIL leading user engagement across EU and defining 10-20 electronic town meetings (eTMs)
§ eTMs: – Allied health Professionals – Open Data – User Centred Innovations – Town centre management – Interfaces – Connected Health
Openisland.net
…THANKS