Artificial Intelligence for Astronauts Monitors Patients at Home

Elderly individuals going for post-surgery check-ups or for routine check-up due to diverse conditions may have a hard time due to the hospital visits. Hence a spacesuit may be of help during such situations (Hall N.p). Currently, there are companies that are focusing on integrating the use of artificial intelligence for Astronauts to help monitor patients at home. Mainly, the technology is use by astronauts when the go on spacewalks. Their spacesuits are fitted with various sensors that assists in monitoring body temperature, heart rate and how much they sweat among other vitals. The data gathered is sent to NASA immediately and distributed to other significant individuals such as biomedical engineers and flight surgeon among others. On earth, the technology of remote health monitoring is utilized in a system known as Ejenta. Ejenta is a proven technology that incorporates personalized learning and intelligent support for their users which has transformed health care.

First, Ejenta is a certified technology that is based on Artificial Technology. It has exclusive rights from NASA to use their intelligence to monitor patients’ health (Ejenta N.p). Intelligent agents use the technology to control the global Space station at all times. The technology has been applied to different health monitoring cases. It operates in a similar way as the system at NASA. It is a customizable operating system to much every person’s needs. The technology creates an intelligent agent depending the patient’s profile. It adds to the sophisticated algorithms and machine learning that is created by NASA. The artificial intelligence system can gain information about the patients using data from wearable wireless devices (Hall N.p). The information is later added to the medical records. The program is based on the cloud which uses off-the-shelf health as well as fitness monitoring devices. The devices gather vital health metrics. The data collected is then analyzed, reported, and distributed to the patient and the involved medical team. The technology works as a spacesuit where data gathered is compared to the target metrics to help in identifying progress or issues.

In 2013, various Kansas State University Engineering students working on a spacesuit fitted with biomedical sensors to monitor the astronaut’s health (Kansas State UniversityN.p.).  

Moreover, Ejenta incorporates personalized learning that helps in monitoring a person’s health remotely. Intelligent agents utilize the data gathered from sensors and IoT devices to know the users’ health (Ejenta N.p). AI technology helps in detecting abnormalities and predict health deterioration fast. The technology uses a Bluetooth, WIFI or cellular connection to pass information on a patient’s health measurement to the traditional smartphone monitoring app. The data is then sent directly through an encrypted connection to a person’s intelligent agent (Milard N.p.). The technology replaces office visit as a patient and the healthcare provider can discuss about the recent vital signs through phone call or video (Hall N.p).  Additionally, a patient can observe their performance against the enhancement benchmarks at any given time. The AI has the potential to treat serious health conditions. For instance, it has the potential of treating heart failure as well as high-risk pregnancies. It enables doctors to identify the issues early before it grew to a crisis that needs a person to be admitted to the hospital. Some of the benefits of the technology is that it reduces chances of pregnant women developing gestational diabetes. It also reduces pre-term births as well as C-sections.

Finally, Enjenta offers intelligent support remotely without need of hospital visit. Intelligent agents can interact with the users to motivate them embrace healthy behaviour (Ejenta N.p.). Mainly, the agents act unconventionally to communicate and present vital data to a patient. It also helps in keeping the care teams connected (Roda et la. N.p.). Instead of making numerous trips to the hospital to be given health guidelines. The technology ensures that the patient can interact with the medical team about their health program while they are at home. Patients can manage a healthy lifestyle at home and at the same time reduce the number of times the visit the emergency room (Hall N.p.). Also, it enables patients to minimize their visits to the hospital for critical events. Artificial intelligence has revolutionized the home healthcare for patients that cannot make frequent hospital visits. Data about the patient is sent directly to the medical team and enables the get faster help. 

Conclusion

Ejenta is a proven technology that incorporates personalized learning and intelligent support for its users which has transformed health care. First, the Artificial intelligence technology is certified by NASA to monitor patients at home. It incorporates diverse technology to ensure that patients get the care they need. It incorporates personalized learning that assists in monitoring a person’s health remotely. Intelligent agents utilize the data gathered from sensors and IoT devices to know the users’ health. The patient does not need to make frequent visits to the hospital. Instead, they can receive the care they need at the comfort of their home. Moreover, apart from offering healthcare at home, it helps identify conditions before they become critical. For instance, it helps in reducing pre-term rates for pregnant women. Moreover, it helps monitor the patient and minimize the chances of pregnant women developing diabetes. Ejenta has revolutionized the healthcare system.

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Ejenta. About Ejenta, 26 Dec. 2020, www.ejenta.com/#about.

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