Adventist HealthCare and Agado Live Work Together on Developing an End-to-End Remote Rehabilitation Platform for Neurologic Conditions Such as Parkinson’s Disease
The collaborative effort receives a $600,000 Grant from the BIRD Foundation
Silver Spring, Md. – According to the Parkinson’s Foundation, nearly one million people in the United States are living with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and it is the second-most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s disease. Through a $600,000 grant from the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation, Adventist HealthCare (AHC) Rehabilitation, in collaboration with Agado Live, will be able to set a footprint in modern telehealth research for the betterment of persons with Parkinson’s.
The collaboration with Agado Live, an innovative tech company based out of Israel, is set to begin in the Fall of 2023. AHC Rehabilitation serves people by contributing its extensive knowledge, tools, and clinical rehabilitation expertise towards a possible solution for neurological patients, such as those diagnosed with PD. Agado Live's proposed end-to-end remote platform offers a customizable physical therapy and cognitive in-home rehabilitation tool. This technical and clinical method will reduce healthcare costs and increase access to physical therapy and physical exercise sessions. The designed application’s innovative approach provides real-time feedback and tracks rehabilitative therapeutic progress, which can enable patients to receive remote tailored care and offer the ability for healthcare providers to efficiently manage multiple patients simultaneously.
"According to the World Health Organization, the pace of population aging is much faster than in the past. Age is the largest risk factor for the development and progression of Parkinson’s Disease," references Michelle Babcock, AHC Rehabilitation Associate Vice President of Operations. "The number of physical therapists is decreasing and our collaboration with Agado Live, with the generous grant from the BIRD Foundation, can help bridge this gap in patient care offering a new form and approach for PD patients to achieve gradual daily living activities with greater ease through tele-rehabilitation depending on the stage and condition of their disease."
