Therapeutech - using technology as a form of lifestyle medicine
The use of technology can sometimes seem like a double edged sword. On the upside, it allows us to create, foster and strengthen connections between people, for work and play. Used well, technology is a powerful tool for creating better futures, breaking down the barriers of time, place and purpose. But like all tools, there is a dark side - internet addictions, excessive screen time, antisocial behaviour fostered by anonymity and distractedness from our physical life demands if not used mindfully. We recognise the importance of lifestyle choices and daily habits as setting the foundations for our health futures - chosen wisely and used carefully, technology can be life enhancing. It has the potential to track and transform health initiatives in the workplace, care settings and at home, noting that care settings in primary care are changing, orienting increasingly towards supporting people-in-place.
At Laughing Mind, we use our background in Health Services capability and large scale systems integration projects to inform careful selection and tailoring of technology to create therapeutic interventions and connections, across a range of settings. We've used technology to connect family, work teams and enterprises across time, place and purpose for stronger connections - it's part of the work we do in Empowering Digital Nomads, drawing on living labs such as Wheres My Office Now and targeted collaborations with health care professionals, primary care networks and communities. We've been drawing that experience and systems integration capability into our TherapeuTech initiative. There are a bunch of reasons why, here's just a few listed from the UK Campaign to End Loneliness :
At Laughing Mind, we use our background in Health Services capability and large scale systems integration projects to inform careful selection and tailoring of technology to create therapeutic interventions and connections, across a range of settings. We've used technology to connect family, work teams and enterprises across time, place and purpose for stronger connections - it's part of the work we do in Empowering Digital Nomads, drawing on living labs such as Wheres My Office Now and targeted collaborations with health care professionals, primary care networks and communities. We've been drawing that experience and systems integration capability into our TherapeuTech initiative. There are a bunch of reasons why, here's just a few listed from the UK Campaign to End Loneliness :
- The effect of loneliness and isolation on mortality exceeds the impact of well-known risk factors such as obesity, and has a similar influence as cigarette smoking (Holt-Lunstad, 2010)
- Loneliness and low social interaction are predictive of suicide in older age (O’Connell et al, 2004)
- Loneliness puts individuals at greater risk of cognitive decline (James et al, 2011)
Our TherapeuTech service delivers healthcare-focused interventions that enhance lives, creating habits that are integrated over time into a routine that integrates effective lifestyle medicine techniques - this helps keep people happier, healthier and enhances resilience. With the assistance of our TherapeuTech frameworks, our service design experience and suitably selected technologies, you too can create life and work enhancing habits and care facilities.
technology as monitor+intervention - examples
http://www.digfestival.com.au/dig-health-technology-helps-save-lives-in-suicide-prevention
http://www.digfestival.com.au/dig-health-technology-and-the-treatment-of-mental-health-and-addictive-disorders/
http://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/blog/reduce-loneliness-with-technology-teaching-and-therapy/
http://www.digfestival.com.au/dig-health-technology-and-the-treatment-of-mental-health-and-addictive-disorders/
http://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/blog/reduce-loneliness-with-technology-teaching-and-therapy/
