Using IoT, AI and cloud to advance home-based integrated care

One of the largest growing demographics in the EU is individuals aged 65 and over, and two thirds of this group are in situation of multimorbidity, i.e., perons who suffer from two or more chronic diseases. The ineffective treatment of multimorbidity has been pointed out as an urgent problem to address by the Academy of Medical Sciences in a recently released report. As part of an EU H2020 funded project called ProACT, our team at IBM Research – Ireland is working with partners in academia and industry to find new ways to use IoT, AI and cloud technologies to advance self-management capabilities and home-based integrated care for Persons with Multimorbidity (PwM). The ProACT project is investigating ways wearable, home sensors and tablet applications can be used to help persons with multimorbidity, as well as their support actors, which include informal caregivers (e.g. The project includes proof-of-concept trials in Ireland and Belgium, involving national health services, with a number of patients equipped with wearable and home sensors, and their support actors.