three technologies that seemed to have the most appeal. More than half of the 1,000 people surveyed — all of whom have already used some form of tech to help out with caregiving — said none of the usual barriers, such as cost or privacy worries, would stop them from trying the following:
Personal health record tracking: A full 77% of respondents said they’d find a web- or software-based personal health record very or somewhat helpful to track medications, test results and other data.
Caregiving coordination system: This kind of system, which 70% said they’d find helpful, would log a care recipient’s medical appointments and also coordinate the scheduling of help from family members or other volunteers.
Medication support system: Devices that remind patients to take their meds and give them info on side effects, plus alert a caregiver when the dose isn’t taken, would be useful to 70% of respondents. (The WSJ’s Digits blog recently wrote about one pill-cap-based medication alert/data collection system.
via blogs.wsj.com