Initiation of the smart home wards as a new model for home-based rehabilitation for the elderly
Pressures from the healthcare systems have led to decreased lengths of hospital stay and home-based long-term rehabilitation for the elderly hospitalized patients, while the elderly patients with home-based rehabilitation remain at high risk of hospital re-admission, adverse events and mortality. As...
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| author | Ruoting Wang Wanmin Lian Weibin Cheng Guowei Li Junzhang Tian |
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| description | Pressures from the healthcare systems have led to decreased lengths of hospital stay and home-based long-term rehabilitation for the elderly hospitalized patients, while the elderly patients with home-based rehabilitation remain at high risk of hospital re-admission, adverse events and mortality. As the modern technology advances, previous research has proposed the concept of smart hospital and smart home for the elderly's health. However, no evidence of smart homes tailored to home-based rehabilitation for the elderly patients discharged from hospital is available. Moreover, how to link smart hospitals and smart homes to generate a joint environment for elderly patients' accelerated recovery, is a worthwhile endeavor. To address this important gap between smart hospitals and smart homes for the elderly who require home-based recovery after discharge, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital recently initiated the development of a novel model, named smart home wards (SHWs). The SHWs may have the potential to extend homes as part of the hospital wards by breaking down the information silos between smart hospitals and smart homes, and eventually improve the elderly patients' health outcomes in a cost-effective approach for our aging population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c5a7491eee004d14b837cf9b083a44002023-12-14T05:23:31ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Global Transitions2589-79182023-01-0151013Initiation of the smart home wards as a new model for home-based rehabilitation for the elderlyRuoting Wang0Wanmin Lian1Weibin Cheng2Guowei Li3Junzhang Tian4Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Methodology (CCEM), Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, ChinaInformation Department, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, ChinaInstitute for Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Application, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, ChinaCorresponding author. CCEM, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, 510317, China; Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Methodology (CCEM), Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, CanadaCorresponding author. Institute for Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Application, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, 510317, China.; Institute for Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Application, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, ChinaPressures from the healthcare systems have led to decreased lengths of hospital stay and home-based long-term rehabilitation for the elderly hospitalized patients, while the elderly patients with home-based rehabilitation remain at high risk of hospital re-admission, adverse events and mortality. As the modern technology advances, previous research has proposed the concept of smart hospital and smart home for the elderly's health. However, no evidence of smart homes tailored to home-based rehabilitation for the elderly patients discharged from hospital is available. Moreover, how to link smart hospitals and smart homes to generate a joint environment for elderly patients' accelerated recovery, is a worthwhile endeavor. To address this important gap between smart hospitals and smart homes for the elderly who require home-based recovery after discharge, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital recently initiated the development of a novel model, named smart home wards (SHWs). The SHWs may have the potential to extend homes as part of the hospital wards by breaking down the information silos between smart hospitals and smart homes, and eventually improve the elderly patients' health outcomes in a cost-effective approach for our aging population.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589791823000026RehabilitationAgingElderlyHealth management |
| spellingShingle | Ruoting Wang Wanmin Lian Weibin Cheng Guowei Li Junzhang Tian Initiation of the smart home wards as a new model for home-based rehabilitation for the elderly Global Transitions Rehabilitation Aging Elderly Health management |
| title | Initiation of the smart home wards as a new model for home-based rehabilitation for the elderly |
| title_full | Initiation of the smart home wards as a new model for home-based rehabilitation for the elderly |
| title_fullStr | Initiation of the smart home wards as a new model for home-based rehabilitation for the elderly |
| title_full_unstemmed | Initiation of the smart home wards as a new model for home-based rehabilitation for the elderly |
| title_short | Initiation of the smart home wards as a new model for home-based rehabilitation for the elderly |
| title_sort | initiation of the smart home wards as a new model for home based rehabilitation for the elderly |
| topic | Rehabilitation Aging Elderly Health management |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589791823000026 |
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