Sense · Assess · Reassure
Remote monitoring for safer, more independent living at home
Howz uses discreet home sensors and machine learning to build a round-the-clock picture of daily routine. The NHS, councils and care providers can see who needs support and when, and families stay reassured.
Proven impact by NHS research
Reduction in risk of care home admission
Reduction in inpatient stays
Reduction in emergency admissions
Source: NHS research published by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Howz. Read the NHS report
How Howz works
Sense. Assess. Reassure.
Sense
Sensors, devices and algorithms
Discreet sensors, smart plugs, a wearable button, smart meters and connected medical devices capture everyday activity at home. Machine learning developed with Lancaster University learns each person’s routine and detects meaningful change.
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Assess
Support care professionals
The Howz care portal at care.howz.com gives care teams a clear view of everyone they support, with risk alerts, daily email summaries and the Howz Assessment Report.
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Reassure
Families and friends
The Howz app keeps families and friends up to date with how their loved one is getting on, with adjustable notifications and access they control.
Learn more →Who we help
NHS
Reduce routine reassurance visits, support Discharge to Assess and reduce delayed transfers of care.
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Social care
Prioritise care need at individual and cohort level, and right-size care packages with evidence.
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Home care
Howz Local: license your agency to offer home monitoring as a new, billable service.
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Discharge and reablement
Faster, safer discharge with remote risk profiling and tiered alerts at home.
Learn more →Short-term assessment
An impartial, round-the-clock view of someone’s needs, so the right level of care is prescribed.
Learn more →Long-term conditions and dementia
Identify underlying changes that may indicate the progression of a long-term condition.
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Our clinical expertise
Clinical expertise meets machine learning
Co-founded by physiotherapist Louise Rogerson and data scientist Jonathan Burr, Howz combines clinical expertise with advanced machine learning so we can accurately detect indicators of risk.
Working hand in hand with the UK Dementia Research Institute and Lancaster University, our technology and clinical approach is built on deep scientific rigour.
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