Technology Embraces Existing Senior Caregiving

The Buddy Check Network “BCN” is partnering with a Philadelphia-based Senior Caregiver Support Agency and the Microsoft Corporation to develop an automated calling platform solution that leverages the BCN and Microsoft “HealthVault” technologies with our unique medical support delivery to reduce the cost of caring for senior patients.

This BCN packaged offering is simply to call into the senior's home at scheduled times to ask the senior 3 to 5 trigger questions concerning particular health issues in an effort to reduce the "acute" episodes that cause hospitalization or re-hospitalizations that are a key contributor to spiraling health care costs.

The goal is to show how the BCN can reduce risks and re-admissions by up to 41%, savings millions of care dollars annually.

In addition to this technology-based home care monitoring system, Microsoft's HealthVault will begin to provide a data collaboration point as a personal medical records management tool. HealthVault will allowing sharing of patient data and personal health records with authorized family members and healthcare support teams.