Robot pets are coming for your brain!
Digital health tools are all the rage. Hospitals and health systems are proving them to be useful in treating all kinds of ailments.
Casey Bennett is at the forefront of digital health research. In his lab are bleeding-edge technologies all designed to help brain health.
Bennett, who holds a doctorate in computer science, is an assistant professor and chair of the health informatics program in the department of computing and digital media at Chicago’s DePaul University. Previously he was a senior data scientist with Cigna and CVS Health.
He has many different research projects going on in his lab using many different digital health technologies, including robots, wearables, smartphones, IOT devices, virtual reality, AI and even adaptive robotic pets.
This week on HIMSSCast, Bennett will be offering a deep dive into his lab and the various technologies he hopes to bring into the mainstream of healthcare.
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Talking points:
- Using smartphones in the area of digital health to aid brain health.
- Adaptive robotic pets and conversational robots as digital health tools to support brain health.
- Wearables and virtual reality help with brain health.
- Internet of Things devices in digital health playing a part to improve brain health.
More about this episode:
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How IT and digital health tools can help manage economic and workforce challenges
Johns Hopkins digital health leader says AI can extract unnecessary care from the patient journey
Digital health literacy helps boost cardiology care
How to gauge the efficacy of digital health tools
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