Tapping into technology to improve health care research

Tapping into technology to improve health care research
The new UArizona Health Sciences Sensor Lab is expanding health care research by providing access to wearable sensors and advanced digital technologies.
Blair Willis
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The Sensor Lab connects researchers across disciplines to tap into technological and digital solutions to health care issues using artificial intelligence, virtual reality, mobile applications and more.
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University of Arizona Health [e-mail] second of every day, someone age 65 or older suffers a fall, and 1 in 5 of those causes damage, such as a broken bone or head injury. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 32,000 people a year die from injuries sustained during a fall.jennifer_barton_klh3151-inline.jpg
Jennifer Barton leads the Sensor Lab strategic initiative. She says the Sensor Lab came about because there was a need across the university to harness great advances in sensor technology.
Kris Hanning/University of Arizona Health SciencesThese numbers were not lost onJennifer Barton, director of the University of ArizonaBIO5 Institute, who worried about her own father falling as he got older. As she shopped for fall-detection devices, she ...

Source: The University of Arizona: Health - March 22, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research