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Ensuring the safety of Alzheimer’s and dementia patients through IoT-driven trac

Ingram Micro

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics Networks & Connectivity - Gateways Networks & Connectivity Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms Sensors - Camera / Video Systems Sensors - GPS
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals
Use Cases	Facial Recognition Personnel Tracking & Monitoring Remote Patient Monitoring
Services	Drone Operation Services Hardware Design & Engineering Services Software Design & Engineering Services
Challenge	Wandering is a common symptom of Alzheimer’s and dementia even at the early stages (60% of Alzheimer’s patients will wander off and become lost at some point). These diseases kill brain cells and destroy people’s memories, most notably short-term recall. Patients forget the last thing they did, so their first impulse is to stand and start moving with the intention of doing something. This is compounded by the fact that individuals with dementia are easily disoriented and become confused in crowded or unknown situations, and they have a strong tendency to want to escape. Read More
About Customer	The owner of several senior care and assisted living facilities in the Northeast was looking for a better way to address a frequent problem: the tendency of patients with memory-related issues to wander. Several recent incidents had raised red flags among the nursing staff, who were concerned about individuals leaving the facility altogether. Read More
Customer Name	Undisclosed Read More
Solution	The patient tracking system combines facial recognition, GPS location tracking technology and surveillance cameras. Built-in risk mitigation with automated notifications, risk alerts and visual cues help ensure that patients can’t wander past safe zones. With the system doing the patient monitoring—and sending warnings when patients stray—the nursing staff can devote more time and resources to caring for the residents. And with surveillance cameras helping to ensure patients aren’t being abused, neglected or inflicting selfharm, the liability associated with patient safety is reduced significantly. The tracking solution is comprised of: Sensors Gateways Connectivity Video cameras Video recorder Video hard drives Cloud Analytics Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics

Networks & Connectivity - Gateways

Networks & Connectivity

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Sensors - Camera / Video Systems

Sensors - GPS

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Use Cases

Facial Recognition

Personnel Tracking & Monitoring

Remote Patient Monitoring

Services

Drone Operation Services

Hardware Design & Engineering Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

Challenge

Wandering is a common symptom of Alzheimer’s and dementia even at the early stages (60% of Alzheimer’s patients will wander off and become lost at some point). These diseases kill brain cells and destroy people’s memories, most notably short-term recall. Patients forget the last thing they did, so their first impulse is to stand and start moving with the intention of doing something. This is compounded by the fact that individuals with dementia are easily disoriented and become confused in crowded or unknown situations, and they have a strong tendency to want to escape.

About Customer

The owner of several senior care and assisted living facilities in the Northeast was looking for a better way to address a frequent problem: the tendency of patients with memory-related issues to wander. Several recent incidents had raised red flags among the nursing staff, who were concerned about individuals leaving the facility altogether.

Customer Name

Undisclosed

Solution

The patient tracking system combines facial recognition, GPS location tracking technology and surveillance cameras. Built-in risk mitigation with automated notifications, risk alerts and visual cues help ensure that patients can’t wander past safe zones.

With the system doing the patient monitoring—and sending warnings when patients stray—the nursing staff can devote more time and resources to caring for the residents. And with surveillance cameras helping to ensure patients aren’t being abused, neglected or inflicting selfharm, the liability associated with patient safety is reduced significantly.

The tracking solution is comprised of:

Sensors
Gateways
Connectivity
Video cameras
Video recorder
Video hard drives
Cloud
Analytics

Impact #1	[Data Management - Data Visibility] As a result of implementing the patient monitoring equipment in all of its facilities, the company believes it will be able to reduce patient safety issues significantly.
Impact #2	[Management Effectiveness - Risk Mitigation] As a result of implementing the patient monitoring equipment in all of its facilities, the company believes it will be able to reduce patient safety issues significantly.

Impact #1

[Data Management - Data Visibility]

As a result of implementing the patient monitoring equipment in all of its facilities, the company believes it will be able to reduce patient safety issues significantly.

Impact #2

[Management Effectiveness - Risk Mitigation]

As a result of implementing the patient monitoring equipment in all of its facilities, the company believes it will be able to reduce patient safety issues significantly.

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Ensuring the safety of Alzheimer’s and dementia patients through IoT-driven trac

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