Transforming the Personal Digital Assistant Into a Health-Enhancing Technology

The challenge of connecting business and aging can focus on bringing existing products and services together in a way that meets a need of special concern to older consumers. Combining the now-ubiquitous technology of the personal digital assistant (PDA) with the high use of pharmaceuticals by older...

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Published inGenerations (San Francisco, Calif.) Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 54 - 56
Main Authors Sterns, Anthony, Collins, Scott
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Francisco American Society on Aging 01.12.2004
Subjects
Market potential
Medical technology
Older people
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Personal digital assistants
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Summary:The challenge of connecting business and aging can focus on bringing existing products and services together in a way that meets a need of special concern to older consumers. Combining the now-ubiquitous technology of the personal digital assistant (PDA) with the high use of pharmaceuticals by older adults is a good example of such convergence. In this article, the authors discuss barriers to using the PDA, the importance of medication adherence, and approaches to bringing the technology to market.
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