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Overview Ask someone in an urban city to rate the inconvenience of their last doctor’s visit on a scale of 1 to 10, and they might complain about wait times or parking. Ask someone in a rural county, and the answer may be vastly different with complaints like miles
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Ballet dancer and traumatic brain injury survivor Jessica Baynes managed to recover her motor function to full capacity through rehabilitative ballet with the help of a neuro physical therapist. Ballet, when introduced into the context of medicine, can optimize physical, mental, and emotional healing (TEDx Talks, 2019, 1:22). She
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Finding high rates of EMS calls for cardiac induced issues, the chronic disease of Type 1 Diabetes, according to the Mayo Clinic (2024), creates heart and blood vessel damage which leads to a higher risk heart attacks and strokes. A preventative measure for these issues relates to constant monitoring of
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Pill Assist took inspiration from the Joint Pain Authority Team, specifically their tip to caregivers surrounding medication reminders. They note that pill organizers and phone alarms can help with medication adherence, which inspired me to combine these functions into a single product that could support users in managing their medications.
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Sampling/Recruiting Strategy Looking specifically at rural and remote communities, I took a trip to Hocking County, Ohio and met with EMS responders at 2 of the 3 stations within the county. The selection of EMS responders was based on the fact that emergencies would reveal the most prevalent health
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Amanda McMichael: We work for Hocking County EMS… 424 square miles. So we have three stations and four trucks that cover the entire county. We are EMS only. There's a lot of places, like especially in Columbus, where it's EMS and fire together. There's
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This design collaboration between Pensa and Comia details an assistive product for nursing that helps mothers determine whether their baby is receiving enough milk, which can directly influence the baby’s health and development. While this product is not specifically designed for chronic illness, it demonstrates how an assistive device
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Reinventing preventative healthcare, Neko Health, a company founded in Stockholm, is now expanding its innovation internationally, with a new location coming by the end of September to New York City. The concept is centered around conducting a comprehensive health scan, collecting and analyzing quantitative data from across the body; the
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With introduction from the Laurelville EMS, Avery Thielman headed over to Logan to conduct further interviews with Hocking County EMS responders. Melanie Bushby: There's quite a wide variety of people that I think most rural communities, maybe don't get to see. Like us versus like Clinton
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Originally, Avery Thielman and I knocked on the door of The Laurelville Senior Center hoping to get insights into caregivers in rural communities. Getting no response, we headed next door to the EMS station, ringing the doorbell, and also did not obtain a response. This was on a Tuesday at
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This Rural Health Check-up App concept merges the ideas of Spotify "Reserved" and Homeward Health, motivating users in rural environments to obtain check-ups by making it less frustrating to find and schedule necessary appointments. The inclusion of mobile clinics was directly inspired by Homeward Health; the
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This Community Health Vitals technology conjecture builds on IKEA Ingka Group’s Solar Energy for Many, exploring how sustainable technology could also make basic health monitoring more accessible. The concept would place a very simple vital sensor near the entrances of public buildings such as libraries, city halls, grocery stores,