As Singapore moves towards becoming a Smart Nation, the tele-rehabilitation project led by Associate Professor Gerald Koh enhances the use of technology to supervise the recovery of stroke patients in the comfort of their own home. The tele-rehab system will be able to perform supervised rehabilitation exercises from home which potentially alleviates stress and inconvenience suffered by caregivers and patients who would otherwise have to travel to rehab centres.
The only tele-medicine project featured at the 2014 National Day Rally exhibition, A/Prof Koh said, “I am honoured that the tele-rehabilitation project was chosen as a healthcare example for Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative. It inspires me to work harder to make rehabilitation more accessible to the disabled through tele-medicine.”
