The 2012 Gaps Workshop:
Addressing Commercial Challenges of Home Healthcare Devices
February 17, 2012 - Carnegie Mellon University
Overview | Agenda | Speakers | Accommodations | Maps | REGISTER
There are several products on the market today aimed to help people age at home. Despite their innovative nature and the growing need, many have yet to reach their full commercial potential. Why is this so? What fundamental challenges and barriers to mass use or adoption exist for the emerging home healthcare device industry? This workshop will bring some answers to light in emerging areas of aging in place and caregiving technologies.
This whole-day workshop event includes keynote presentations by visionaries, researchers, and industry leaders. It will focus on specific issues, both technical and non-technical, of product requirements, stakeholder adoption, user interactions, market penetration and proliferation.
Who Should Attend:
- Product developers
- Aging services providers
- Clinicians in healthcare and research
- Aging in place technology researchers
- Home healthcare agencies
- Entrepreneurs
How Attendees Benefit:
- Understand critical challenges for product development
- Share experiences, lessons learned and best practices
- Collaborate on problem-solving tactics
- Access critical insights emerging from recent QoLT research
- Build relationships with key leaders in the emerging field
