Exploring the Connected Medical Home

Over the past few weeks, I ' ve been exploring the combination of internet of things, artificial intelligence, and ambient listening with a focus on how these technologies might improve care management, patient/family navigation of the health system, and wellness.Google, Apple, and Amazon all have ecosystems that include the functionality I ' m writing about.  Purely because I ' m spending January investigating the Android/ChromeOS environment, my first exploration has been with Google products.   I ' ll explore Apple next.Here ' s my test bed:Unity Farm Sanctuary heating and cooling is controlled by Nest Thermostats.The animal areas are streamed from Nest Cameras.In the living room, I ' ve installed a Google Home Hub, a Chromecast Generation 3, and Chromecast audio (now discontinued).I ' m currently carrying a Google Pixel 3 phone running Android Pie.  My personal computing platform this month is a Google Pixelbook.What does this infrastructure enable me to do?Here ' s a sample dialog (Google product responses are in italics)Ok Google, what is the temperature in the living room?The farm living room is at 66 degrees.Ok Google, increase the living room temperature to 68 degreesThe farm living room temperature has been increased to 68 degrees.Ok Google, show the cows on TVShowing the Sanctuary Cows on the Farm Living Room TVOk Google, play music on the speakersPlaying selections from Google music on the farm kitchen speakersOk Google, pause.Music paused...
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