Massachusetts AI and Technology Center for Connected Care in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (MAITC)

项目总结：总体 超过90%的美国老年人更愿意在他们变老的时候尽可能长时间地呆在家里。 然而，包括阿尔茨海默病（AD）和阿尔茨海默病相关的慢性疾病的患病率 老年痴呆症（ADRD）可以使成功的老年人在家里的目标遥不可及，没有实质性的支持。在─ 家庭健康护理技术具有提供许多所需形式支持的重大前景，但还没有 专为老年人、AD/ADRD患者、护理人员及其临床医生开发。许多现有 健康监测技术对于老年人来说是繁重的，不够准确， 具体的算法偏见，缺乏足够的可用性，以及由此产生的大量数据往往无法提供 这些信息可以有效地告知护理人员并支持临床决策。此外，目前许多治疗 和干预机制在远程交付、管理和调整能力方面受到限制， 随着时间的推移，患者需求和护理人员能力。 马萨诸塞州人工智能和技术中心，用于老龄化和阿尔茨海默病的连接护理 （MAITC）是一个多学科中心跨越五个地点-马萨诸塞州阿默斯特大学，布里格姆 和妇女医院，马萨诸塞州总医院，布兰迪斯大学和东北大学- 旨在促进对新兴人工智能的开发，验证和翻译的跨学科研究， 增强技术，以加强老年人、护理人员和临床医生之间的联系， 更有效地支持健康老龄化以及在家护理AD/ADRD患者。实现这一 为了实现这五个目标，我们将努力实现这五个目标。第一种是应用一个严格的过程， 利益攸关方需要推动试点研究的重点，并确定适合于 纳入试点研究项目。第二是建立和支持一个多学科社区， 工程师、计算机科学家、行为科学家、医学研究人员、护士和临床医生， 推进MAITC的目标。第三是提供先进的验证设施， 跨农村和城市地区的队列，以及翻译和商业化服务， 以及人工智能增强技术的多方面验证和翻译。四是管好试点 项目授予过程，并确保试点项目响应利益攸关方的需求，使用新的 人工智能和相关技术具有改善老年人之间互动的巨大潜力， 护理人员和临床医生。第五是为开发人员、临床医生和其他利益相关者提供培训， 向不同的研究、开发和实践界传播研究结果， 开发有前途的技术，并促进采用经验证的技术， MAITC。通过这些协调努力，我们希望改善老年人及其照顾者的生活。

PROJECT SUMMARY: Overall More than 90% of older Americans would prefer to stay in their homes as long as possible as they age. However, the prevalence of chronic illness including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Alzheimer's disease related dementias (ADRD) can make the goal of successful aging at home out of reach without substantial support. At- home health care technologies hold significant promise to provide many needed forms of support, but have not been specifically developed for older adults, AD/ADRD patients, caregivers, and their clinicians. Many existing health monitoring technologies are burdensome to use for older adults, are not sufficiently accurate, have specific algorithmic biases, and lack adequate usability, and the resulting deluge of data often fails to provide information that can usefully inform caregivers and support clinical decisions. Further, many current treatment and intervention regimes are limited in terms of their ability to be remotely delivered, managed and adapted to patient needs and caregiver abilities over time. The Massachusetts AI and Technology Center for Connected Care in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (MAITC) is a multidisciplinary Center spanning five sites – the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brandeis University and Northeastern University – that aims to foster interdisciplinary research on the development, validation and translation of emerging AI- enhanced technologies to enhance connections between older adults, caregivers, and clinicians in order to more effectively support healthy aging as well as the care of patients with AD/ADRD at home. To achieve this objective, MAITC will pursue the five aims. The first is to apply a rigorous process which involves eliciting stakeholder needs to drive the foci of pilot studies and identifying promising technologies suitable for incorporation into pilot research projects. The second is to form and support a multidisciplinary community of engineers, computer scientists, behavioral scientists, medical researchers, nurses and clinicians working to advance the goals of the MAITC. The third is to provide access to state-of-art validation facilities, diverse cohorts across rural and urban areas, and translation and commercialization services to enable rapid, robust and multi-faceted validation and translation of AI-enhanced technologies. The fourth is to administer a pilot project granting process and ensure that the pilot projects are responsive to stakeholder needs, use emerging AI and related technologies that have significant potential to improve interactions between older adults, lay caregivers, and clinicians. The fifth is to provide training to developers, clinicians, and other stakeholders and to disseminate findings to diverse research, development and practice communities to accelerate further development of promising technologies and promote the adoption of validated technologies beyond the MAITC. Through these coordinated efforts, we hope to improve the lives of older adults and their caregivers.