Kepler Vision Technologies and Konica Minolta Europe team up to combat aging population problems
Konica Minolta Europe and Kepler Vision Technologies have teamed up to help provide better care and improved monitoring of the wellbeing of elderly patients across Europe. The Kepler Night Nurse will be shipped internationally by Konica Minolta Europe to aid more health workers and their patients.
The care industry is facing increasingly difficult challenges due to an aging population and workforce. While the population of 65+ continues to grow, the workforce sustaining care for this demographic is shrinking.
With the rise of AI, there has been a rapid acceptance of its benefits and use – albeit with some trepidation. In healthcare, this AI acceptance has shifted how operations are run, with facilities increasingly valuing the use of AI in innovation such as the Kepler Night Nurse. With AI still in its infancy, there is high potential for further growth.
Utilizing AI and computer vision learnings, Kepler Vision’s Night Nurse solution brings an exceptionally reliable fall detector to the staff of the hospital. This allows the hospital to better manage the workload of care workers and overcome any staff shortages.
This is the latest collaboration that joins Kepler’s ever expanding network. It’s smart sensor technology is currently embedded in the Mobotix C71 camera but can be run with on any camera using on-premise servers. The product is being used in 8 European countries and is supported by Alcatel Lucent, KPN Health, Ascom, and others. Most recently, the health-tech company partnered with Yourizon, which added Kepler’s technology into its own product line.
xxx at Konica Minolta says: “We are proud to be working with Kepler Vision Technologies. Their innovative Kepler Night Nurse product is exactly the type of work we want to collaborate with and we are happy to help spread this internationally.”
Harro Stokman, CEO of Kepler Vision Technologies says, “Partnering with Konica Minolta is one of our most important partnerships to secure. Being able to utilise their knowledge and expertise in the IT sector allows for us to focus on making the Kepler Night Nurse the best product it can be.”