Intel-GE partnership to study telehealth in senior living care

Intel-GE Care Innovations, a joint venture between Intel Corporation and GE Healthcare, has partnered with Front Porch communities and the Front Porch Center for Innovation and Wellbeing to measure the benefits of leveraging remote patient monitoring (RPM) with senior living residents. 

Residents of Kingsley Manor in Los Angeles and Claremont Manor in Claremont, California, will use Health Harmony, Care Innovations’ RPM platform that simplifies RPM by providing intuitive and technology that enables individuals, clinicians, care providers and family caregivers to collaborate for better care in the home and within normal daily routines. Initially, Health Harmony will be available to a group of Front Porch residents who may require a higher level of care and monitoring due to poor chronic condition management or following a return to a senior living community after a discharge from a skilled nursing facility.

Residents who use Health Harmony will conduct daily health sessions to capture vital signs such as blood pressure, weight, oxygen levels and glucose levels, subjective health assessments and other information needed for caregivers to manage care plans, promote medication adherence and remain on top of patients’ changing health. Residents also have access to a video chat platform through Health Harmony that enables a caregiver and the resident to virtually connect with one another to discuss conditions and assess a resident’s environment.