 
Today, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) is unveiling an Idea Lab, as part of the Home as a Health Care Hub initiative, to help innovators, providers, and patients reimagine the home as an integral part of the health care system. The Idea Lab includes a virtual reality prototype, named Lilypad™, which will give users an immersive experience inside various affordable homes of representative people living with diabetes.
The Idea Lab also includes insights from patients, caregivers, providers and experts, tours of different types of affordable housing environments, and landscape research into design opportunities that are intended to promote innovation. These insights and resources are intended to help the FDA, innovators and other interested parties better understand how current medical devices fit into people’s homes and lives.
Starting with Diabetes
CDRH started with homes of people living with diabetes as a test case given the prevalence and burden of disease, the importance of medical devices and lifestyle in managing the condition and preventing comorbidities. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Diabetes Statistics Report, an estimated 38 million people in the United States, or 11.6% of the population, have diabetes and have a higher risk of serious health complications including blindness, kidney failure and heart disease.
Questions?
If you have questions about the Home as a Health Care Hub Initiative, email HealthHomeHub@fda.hhs.gov.
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