Deans' stroke musings: StrokePAD: Canadian students develop innovative technology for stroke rehabilitation

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

StrokePAD: Canadian students develop innovative technology for stroke rehabilitation

Why does it take students to develop new stuff?
http://www.canadianstrokenetwork.ca/csnblog/strokepad-canadian-students-develop-innovative-technology-for-stroke-rehabilitation/
Clinicians needed to test new iPAD app with stroke patients

Morgan Moe is a Kinesiology graduate from Calgary AB who has also been a long-time volunteer, practicum student, and employee at the Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured (arbi.ca). It was through her work there that an idea first sparked her interest: “I wanted to create an app that would empower patients with better resources to be more engaged in rehabilitation, even from the comfort of their own homes.” It was shortly thereafter that Morgan was accepted into a prestigious entrepreneurship program called The Next 36 (thenext36.ca). This program selects 36 top undergraduates from across Canada and provides seed funding, incredible mentorship and MBA-level education for an entrepreneurial venture.
Through The Next 36, Morgan was teamed up with Simon Jalbert, Commerce graduate from Saint-Mary’s University, Anne-Marie Paquette, Architecture graduate from McGill, and Ben Docksteader, a Computer Science student from PEI. Together the team has worked diligently to pursue their mission of empowering stroke patients and caregivers. Morgan explains, “Alone this would have never been possible. The Next 36 has provided us with a phenomenal opportunity to blend a variety of individual strengths to create a truly transformative piece of technology that can have a tremendous impact on people’s lives.“
StrokePAD is a tablet application designed for patient use, which provides support in navigating care options, individualized health reference materials to prevent a secondary stroke, and personalized rehabilitation programs. The application connects with a web portal through which professionals can design, deliver, remotely change, and monitor rehabilitation programs.
The StrokePAD team is currently looking for healthcare professionals to get involved, institutions to trial the app with their patients, and academic partners looking for research opportunities. All interested individuals are encouraged to contact Morgan at morgan@strokepad.ca