CS547 Human-Computer Interaction Seminar (Seminar on People, Computers, and Design)
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January 28, 2005 Embedded assessment is a new approach to early disease detection intended
to overcome delays that result from clinical practices and individual avoidance.
In this approach, health assessment is embedded into the environments of daily
life, as well as into applications that help people prevent and compensate
for illness. This approach leverages the capabilities of pervasive computing
for continuous and contextually sensitive data collection. I will discuss
embedded assessment in the context of Intel's Proactive Health. We are currently
studying ubiquitous computing platforms for assessing and supporting social
health in older adults. These systems include wireless sensor networks to
measure social interaction and dynamic visualizations of this data. The behavioral
feedback displays, which are in the homes of elders and their caregivers for
a month phase of the study, are intended to motivate social interaction and
to help participants see the dynamic qualities of psychosocial health. Case
examples will be used to illustrate hypotheses and emerging findings. I will
conclude with some embedded assessment concepts developed in collaboration
with the MIT House_n..
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