REACH: Responsive Engagement of the Elderly promoting Activity and Customized Healthcare
T. Bock
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AbstractREACH is a multi-disciplinary, multi-partner EU funded research project that develops
within a four-year project duration the next generation of technologies and services for a
future value-based and prevention-oriented health care system. Research partners form
the scientific backbone of the consortium; industry partners take on various roles from
sensor development, rehabilitation equipment integration, to ICT platform deployment
and business model and standardization support; use case partners state exemplary care
settings and application scenarios for the real-world deployment of the innovations developed
in REACH. This special issue of Gerontechnology gives an overview over the scientific
achievements of the first project year covering a diversity of areas ranging from user
co-creation approaches, the determination of design requirements, systems engineering
approaches to personalized persuasive strategies, approaches regarding privacy and safety,
and initial sensor and device development and testing, to standardization, innovation
management, and business model aspects.Keywords: preventive health care technology, monitoring, motivational techniques, smart environments
T. Bock (2017). REACH: Responsive Engagement of the Elderly promoting Activity and Customized Healthcare. Gerontechnology, 16(3), 125-128
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2017.16.3.001.00