3 Tips For Designing At-Home Monitoring Devices That Deliver Actionable Information
By Anna (Ronning) Cohen and Hilde Viroux, PA Consulting
We’re all seeing it in real time: Healthcare is increasingly shifting from clinical settings to our homes. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the development of at-home monitoring products and many are collecting data in the background without requiring specific user action. This acceleration is not likely to slow down post-pandemic. In this article, we define “passive at-home monitoring tools” as non-invasive products that continuously monitor elements of health and collect the user’s data without the direct supervision of a healthcare professional. Take, for example, smart devices such as the Apple Watch or a biosensor patch — neither requires operation from the user to collect data, so we consider them to be passive at-home monitoring tools.