State-of-the-art technology in surprising places
Duke University School of Nursing Associate Professor Ryan Shaw currently has dozens of new activity trackers, scales and other health gadgets in his work area, all of which will soon play a role in an innovative research study that can reshape how care gets delivered.
Shaw, and Associate Professor of Medicine Matthew Crowley, are heading the five-year EXTEND study, which will explore ways to harness cutting edge technology to improve the lives of patients battling chronic health conditions.
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The program, called Log2Lose, is part of a long-term research study. The program consists of virtual group meetings every other week for six months; six months of monthly meetings and individual phone calls; and finally three individual calls with a dietician over the last six months. Participants will also have three in-person appointments during that time, and will be compensated for that time.
Alumnus Invents Disposable Intubation Drape
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, several products have entered the market aimed at protecting providers from respiratory droplets during airway manipulation. Tony Sandstrom, MSN’05, CRNA, noticed that, while these products generally work, they aren’t very adaptable to the provider. This observation led Sandstrom, who works at Duke University Hospital, to create the I-Drape, a disposable intubation drape.
Duke’s Shaw Highlights Transformative Opportunities in Digital Health
Dr. Ryan Shaw presented the latest edition of the NINR Director’s Lecture Series in his discussion, “Digital Health: Towards the Next Era of Health Care Delivery and Chronic Disease Management.” His lecture underscored the wide availability of digital technologies that health care providers can use to enhance patient care and manage chronic diseases.
Shaw Gets Award for Seneca Devices Proposal
EasyShift™ allows a user to position a patient from side-to-side or up in the bed using a one-button push. The device is additional equipment that attaches to a hospital bed. Earlier phases of development occurred in partnership with DUSON and Duke Health Nursing. Through iteration and feedback from faculty and staff, the development of EasyShift™ has progressed from engineering to field testing.
‘CovIdentify’ Pits Smartphones and Wearable Tech Against the Coronavirus
Researchers at Duke University are exploring how data collected by smartphones, FitBits, Apple Watches and other smartwatches may help determine whether or not device users have COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
The project, led by assistant professor of biomedical engineering Jessilyn Dunn and Ryan Shaw, associate professor of nursing and director of the Health Innovation Lab, will assess whether information about smartwatch wearers’ health, such as sleep schedules, oxygen levels, activity levels, and heart rate, can detect early symptoms of COVID-19.
Health Innovation Lab: Accelerating Innovation on Frontlines of COVID Pandemic
As COVID-19 continues to grow in our communities, hospitals are facing a severe shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). Nurses are on the front lines of caring for patients and cannot provide their best care without PPE. Facing this severe shortage, many Duke health care practitioners have come up with ideas to help continue safe care to patients. Enter the Health Innovation Lab.
All hands on deck: COVID-19 engineering response team assembles from every corner at Duke
At the beginning of 2020, Dr. Alejandro Pino’s attention was focused on designing and patenting feeding tubes that can unclog themselves while also pursuing a pulmonology and critical care fellowship in the Duke University School of Medicine.
Just a few months later, a novel coronavirus turned the world upside down, and feeding tubes were no longer Pino’s most pressing project.
Health Innovation Lab Relaunches with Collaborative Innovation As Its Goal
For three years, the Health Innovation Lab (HIL) at Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) has been a place to try out and improve health technology ideas and innovations, just as its creator, Ryan Shaw, PhD, RN, envisioned. Shaw’s vision got an upgrade in February, when the lab moved out of his office and into the 20,000-square-foot state-of-the art simulation area at DUSON.
Duke Celebrates Innovation and Entrepreneurship at 1st Annual “Invented at Duke”
A puncture-proof vascular graft, silicone microspheres, improved eye disease imaging, a pocket-sized colposcope, improved hernia solutions, a platform for predictive surgical complication risks, and an infant IV vest—Duke’s cutting-edge innovations were out in force at Monday’s Invented at Duke Celebration.
Duke Health Innovation Lab
Across the world, patients and health care providers are enjoying technological advances that are transforming health care. However, before these items make it to the marketplace, they have to be developed and tested. Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) is now home to a place for this – the new Duke Health Innovation Lab, an interdisciplinary center for developing and testing innovations in technology and patient care delivery.