Roschelle “Shelly” Fritz, assistant professor at the WSU College of Nursing in Vancouver, studies how “smart-home” technology can monitor the health and safety of senior citizens from afar. She’s part of an interdisciplinary team that includes WSU engineering professor Diane Cook and WSU psychology professor Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe.

Fritz ran an innovative pilot study that deployed health sensors in five homes at senior living community Touchmark on South Hill in Spokane.

Shelly Fritz with a monitor in the Touchmark senior living community (Courtesy Shelly Fritz)

Read more about Fritz’s work with smart health sensors at WSU Vancouver in “Technology with a human touch.”