Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1

With a strapped health care system, government funded health care facilities and hospitals are shifting the careto the home to reduce costs. iCare Home Health Services Inc. has developed an application-Health Espresso,which provides real-time remote monitoring of vitals and medication adherence oversight. In collaborationwith Durham College, the company intends to build in artificial intelligence into this application to learn user'sbehaviors to further tailor the application's experience better, for example, integrating sentiment analysisartificial intelligence within the speech recognition platform. This feature developed in the present proposalwill use artificial intelligence to enhance the voice reminders of medication timings, doctor's appointments, andhealth-related notification. The outcome of this project will enhance the patient and caregiver experience andwill help the company to enter new diverse markets.