Was it the Glow Cap medicine bottle that reminds you to take your medicine, the GPS-enabled sneakers to keep track of Alzheimers patients or the MDMouse that flips open and checks users’ blood pressure that caught producers’ attention at Lunch@Piero’s? Whichever it was, Meridian Health and its assortment of medical devices that take medicine beyond the walls of the hospital into people’s homes wound up on Martha Stewart’s TV show: Check it out here. And thanks for making health care so interesting and easy. We look forward to many more innovations from Meridian Health.
Meridian Health, a leading healthcare provider in New Jersey demonstrated to Lunch@Piero’s reporters how it is extending the role of traditional health care, by applying emerging technologies in the clinical setting. Through partnerships with many leading technology innovators, including Intel and Phillips Medical, Meridian is actively piloting new uses for leading edge digital, consumer, and sensory technologies, to build an electronic health information bridge between patients, their physicians, and hospitals.
Meridian Health representatives said that creating a health care system with technology that provides seamless connectivity from hospital, to the physician, to the home, to even the patient themselves, will enable seniors and their family caregivers to more independently manage their health and wellness in more effective ways. With more aging adults living longer with a higher level of mobility, the ability for seniors to remain safely independent and in the home is one of the needs currently being addressed through Meridian’s efforts.
At Lunch@Piero’s during CES 2008, Meridian Health showed the following:
A new type of blood pressure sensor built directly into a standard PC optical mouse.
Glowing caps for medication bottles with built in feedback loops programmed by caregivers to remind people when to take their medications. The caps track when medication is taken based on sensors built into the cap and the system will provide reports to both caregivers and physicians summarizing medication compliance.
GPS enabled sneakers with an emergency response service catering to the needs of those with Alzheimer’s Disease and memory impairment (see photo).
The Meridian Pharmacology Institute – An innovative concept in the hospital industry focused on developing and implementing new models of pharmaceutical use and monitoring. As part of the virtual Institute in the hospital and in the home, pharmacists offer Medication Therapy Management to various populations, and through the use of “connected” glucometers, help monitor and enhance patients’ understanding of appropriate drug use; increase adherence with prescribed medications; facilitate collaboration between pharmacists and prescribers; and improve the detection of adverse events.
Meridian will be displaying a body sensor which calculates fitness statistics and calories burned. The body sensor is a wearable sensor which allows Meridian Life fitness staff to remotely monitor member activity and to create custom home-based fitness and wellness programs.
Technology and medicine come together in a most unusual way at Lunch @ Piero’s during CES. Meridian Health, a leading health care provider in New Jersey is showing some amazing innovative digital health technology at this lunchtime press-only event January 7 and 8, 2008 in Las Vegas. Meridian Health will show a medication reminder system that knows when you’ve taken your medicine, blinks when medication needs to be taken and coordinates this info with your doctor. Also being showcased: A GPS-enabled sneaker with an emergency response service. Meridian is also developing a unique a new shoe and service which caters to the Alzheimer’s population.
Was it the Glow Cap medicine bottle that reminds you to take your medicine, the GPS-enabled sneakers to keep track of Alzheimers patients or the MDMouse that flips open and checks users’ blood pressure that caught producers’ attention at Lunch@Piero’s? Whichever it was, Meridian Health and its assortment of medical devices that take medicine beyond the walls of the hospital into people’s homes wound up on Martha Stewart’s TV show: Check it out here. And thanks for making health care so interesting and easy. We look forward to many more innovations from Meridian Health.
