Wired Up at Home to Monitor Illnesses
By MILT FREUDENHEIM
NYT
As an aging population threatens to overwhelm the nation’s hospitals and doctors, thousands of seriously ill patients are relying on computerized health trackers to help keep them safe at home.
Rachel Hofstad, 94, of Rochester, Minn., has one hooked up in her bedroom. A retired teacher with chronic lung disease, Ms. Hofstad is one of 200 patients in a randomized trial of a home monitoring system being conducted by doctors at the Mayo Clinic.
The device is about the size of a coffee maker. “First thing in the morning,” she said, “a light comes on and a beeper sounds.”
She touches a screen to log in and is cued to slip on a blood pressure cuff and push a button. Her pressure and pulse readings are displayed. Next, she slides a forefinger into a sensor that measures blood oxygen. Then she checks her weight on a scale linked to the machine.
(More here.)
NYT
As an aging population threatens to overwhelm the nation’s hospitals and doctors, thousands of seriously ill patients are relying on computerized health trackers to help keep them safe at home.
Rachel Hofstad, 94, of Rochester, Minn., has one hooked up in her bedroom. A retired teacher with chronic lung disease, Ms. Hofstad is one of 200 patients in a randomized trial of a home monitoring system being conducted by doctors at the Mayo Clinic.
The device is about the size of a coffee maker. “First thing in the morning,” she said, “a light comes on and a beeper sounds.”
She touches a screen to log in and is cued to slip on a blood pressure cuff and push a button. Her pressure and pulse readings are displayed. Next, she slides a forefinger into a sensor that measures blood oxygen. Then she checks her weight on a scale linked to the machine.
(More here.)
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