Digital healthcare firm gets £27,000 boost
DIGITAL healthcare company Intelesant has been awarded £27,000 grant by Greater Manchester Academic Health Science Network (GM AHSN) to carry out valuable research using its home monitoring technology system, Howz, with stroke patients.
The grant, which was one of only three awarded, has been provided by GM AHSN through its Technology Innovation Challenge Award and will fund an eight-month research project between Howz and Sarah Tyson, professor of Rehabilitation at the University of Manchester.
The aim of the research project is to test the feasibility of the Howz app as a tool to reduce social isolation and the risk of physical decline in one of the UK’s most common disabling conditions, stroke.
The research team will be looking for stroke survivors currently living alone in the Greater Manchester area to participate in this groundbreaking research project from July 2016.
Howz is a tool that analyses energy usage and data from multi-sensors, designed to be used in the home to track heat, light and movement. It is a way of non-invasively understanding a person’s daily routine and enables their care network to easily monitor and be alerted to abnormalities.
