Workshop offers glimpse of home care technology future
By AUDREY KINSELLA
Special to HHBR
Healthcare that once dealt with disease and illness may someday convert to healthcare that deals with the "whole person" throughout a "whole life."
That is just what some futuristic thinkers are keeping in mind as they develop home care technologies.
We are not a bilingual culture, said Des Cummings, who works with Celebration Health near Orlando, FL. "We know the language of healing, but not the language of health," he said.
Cummings was one of several speakers at a workshop entitled Home Care Technologies for the 21st Century, held last month in Rockville, MD.
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (Washington) and organized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA; Washington) and Catholic University of America (Washington), the workshop provided an oportunity "to analyze and dream about" where technology is and should be going, Donald Marlowe, director of the Office of Science and Technology at the FDA, said. It offered technology forecasts about home and self-care.
Henry Kelly of the White House Office of Science and Technology talked about his office’s Partnership for Advancement of Technology in Housing, which has as its goal a broad preventative approach to home health services. By partnering with the housing industry, it intends to help remove or reduce major environmental impacts, such as poor air quality in the home.
Findings from the workshop and information and other resources related to home care technologies are available at Web site: www.hctr.be.cua.edu/HCTWorkshop/. A full report of the recommendations and findings that were generated by workshop participants will be made available through this Web site and in printed format by this summer.
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