Senior Housing News March 18, 2020
Jack Silverstein

Remote-resident monitoring has long been a focus of senior housing operators, with great benefits for preventing falls, a leading cause of senior hospitalization and 30-day readmissions.

Yet further advancements in fall prevention technology are needed to not merely react to falls, but anticipate them. Now, one software provider is doing just that. And because the technology lets caregivers monitor residents remotely 24/7, the service is proving deeply valuable for resident monitoring during the current COVID-19 crisis.

Owlytics Healthcare is a Tel Aviv, Israel-based technology company with a new artificial intelligence platform embedded in an off-the-shelf Samsung Active 2 smartwatch to monitor falls and health trends in independent and assisted living communities. The company’s HIPAA-compliant (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)...

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