SPRY Foundation, together with government and private sector partners, is hosting a conference to open the dialogue and stimulate new exploration in this area. SPRY will bring together experts in the fields of computer-based technology, caregiving research, ethics and policy to exchange ideas and begin to seek answers to the questions that face the caregiving for our rapidly growing aging population in the United States
The conference will be held this weekend October 2-3, 2003 at the NIH Natcher Conference Center, Bethesda, Maryland. According to the description, 'many feel that the future of providing quality caregiving for older adults lies, in great part, with the use of computer-based technologies. Practical applications range from allowing older adults and their family members to access new health information and medical records, to monitoring key vital signs from a distance, even to locating individuals in their homes and determining whether they have taken their correct medications. These, and other important applications, are directly related to our nation achieving the Healthy People 2010 objectives for older Americans.'
One look at the agenda and the impressive list of speakers and it is easy to see that this will clealy be a significant beginning to an ongoing dialogue that will demonstrate the impact of technology on clinical care and communication.
Here is the press release for the conference.