ELECTRONIC COMMUNITY FOR ALZHEIMERS CAREGIVERS

第一阶段SBIR的总体目标是设计一个互动的 多媒体先进电信系统， 小学和中学的医疗、社会和心理需要 阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症（ADRD）患者的护理人员。 该系统将ADRD护理人员、患者、志愿者 顾问/咨询师，家庭健康机构，社会服务机构， 医生和医院组成一个"老年痴呆症电子社区 照顾者"（ECAC）。 我们的目标是：1）开发ECAC模型和系统 通过评估患者的生物心理社会需求进行设计， 家庭、临时护理人员和一线保健提供者， 2）加强"持续可用的医疗保健" CAMC）家庭 由LG & A开发的慢性病成人站 在过去的两年中，以解决ADRD护理人员的需求和3）， 为第二阶段的工作制定一项实验研究设计， 评估ECAC对ADRD方法的结果。 ECAC系统将 包括与提供者、同侪支助小组、 先进的日记模块，自动化医疗系统， 广泛的多媒体教育模块和心理诊断 允许供应商检测需要专业人员的问题的模块 干预 建议的商业应用：ECAC的商业潜力是 相当可观 目标是在估计的300万人中实现1%的接受率， 每月软件许可费为 25美元/人/月，将由LG & A定期更新， 年收入900万美元，年收入接近100万美元 这可能在五年内实现。

The overall objective of this Phase 1 SBIR is to design an interactive multimedia advanced telecommunications system targeted at meeting the medical, social and psychological needs of primary and secondary caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD) patients. This system will network ADRD caregivers, patients, volunteer advisors/counselors, home health agencies, social service agencies, physicians and hospitals into an "Electronic Community for Alzheimer's Caregivers" (ECAC). Our aims re 1) to develop the ECAC model and system design through evaluation of the biopsychosocial needs of patients, families, respite caregivers and front-line health providers through focus groups; 2) to enhance the "Continuously Available Medical Care" CAMC) home station for chronically ill adults which has been in development by LG&A over past two years to address the needs of ADRD caregivers and 3) to develop an experimental research design for the Phase II effort to evaluate the results of the ECAC approach to ADRD. The ECAC system will include a videoconferencing link to providers, peer support groups, a sophisticated diary module, an automated medical encounter system, an extensive multimedia educational module, and a psychological diagnostic module permitting providers to detect issues which require professional intervention. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: The commercial potential for ECAC is substantial. A target of achieving 1% acceptance among estimated 3 million ADRD caregivers at a monthly software license fee of $25/person/month, which would be updated regularly by LG&A, would result in 9 million in annual revenues and close to one million income/year level which may be achieved in five years.