Initiatives of the Smart Center:
(1) Training and Simulation Center: The training and simulation center offers interprofessional education programs for students and clinicians on connected health/telehealth, advancing the skill sets of participants to utilize technology in clinical practice.
(2) Innovation Lab: The innovation lab offers researchers a location to develop and pilot test new connected technology solutions in advance of testing them in clinical or home care settings.
(3) South Texas Connected Health Living Lab: The living lab uses community engagement efforts to recruit adults, including adults with chronic conditions, seniors, and adults that speak and understand diverse languages to participate in real world testing of innovative connected health solutions.
(4) Clinical Collaborative: The clinical collaborative builds authentic relationships between researchers and clinicians to enable the development and clinical testing of connected health solutions.
What We Offer
Working with industry collaborators; contacts and families; clinical and community partners; and faculty, students, researchers, and clinicians, we offer:
(1) Interprofessional collaboration across schools
(2) Support academic researchers and industry partners in academic-industry collaboration
(3) Interprofessional workforce training
(4) Support and resources to researchers using smart and connected technology
(5) Consultation on designing, developing, testing, and applying mobile and connected health solutions
(6) Student internships and independent study opportunities