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Smart monitoring technology to support home-based dementia care: Market-specific business model development and implementation considerations in the Netherlands
Wrede Christian, Braakman-Jansen Annemarie, van Gemert-Pijnen Lisette. Digital health, 2025-03-31
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Remote monitoring (RM) technology can support home-based dementia care by enabling (in)formal caregivers to monitor the health and safety of people with dementia remotely. However, sustainable implementation is challenged by a lack of viable business models and a limited understanding of the markets in which these models might operate. This study aimed to (1) develop business models for RM technology in the Dutch consumer-, healthcare-, and social support market, and (2) identify entrepreneurial opportunities and challenges of implementing RM technology via those markets. Semistructured interviews and focus groups were conducted among three stakeholder groups (n = 20) including care providers (n = 8), financiers of care and support (n = 6), and technology providers (n = 6). The sessions addressed the Business Model Canvas and entrepreneurial opportunities and challenges of implementation for each market. All sessions were analyzed thematically. The analysis resulted in three distinct business models which specify how RM technology for home-based dementia care could be sustainably implemented in the a) consumer market, b) healthcare market, and c) social support market. Possible entrepreneurial opportunities and challenges of implementing RM technology were identified per market. Topics dealt with, for instance, reaching potential user groups, time to market, the complexity of structural reimbursement, scalability, and alignment with future care trends. Our findings add to the limited research on the entrepreneurial side of implementing dementia care technology. The proposed business models and insights into market-specific considerations can guide developers in refining implementation strategies and selecting suitable markets for RM technology and other home care technologies.
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Christian, W., Annemarie, B.-J., & Lisette, v. G.-P. (2025). Smart monitoring technology to support home-based dementia care: Market-specific business model development and implementation considerations in the Netherlands. Digital health. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076251331825
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Christian W, Annemarie B.-J, Lisette vG.-P. Smart monitoring technology to support home-based dementia care: Market-specific business model development and implementation considerations in the Netherlands. Digital health. 2025. doi:10.1177/20552076251331825. PMID: 40162167.
BibTeX
@article{christian2025-40162167,
author = {Christian, Wrede and Annemarie, Braakman-Jansen and Lisette, van Gemert-Pijnen},
title = {{Smart monitoring technology to support home-based dementia care: Market-specific business model development and implementation considerations in the Netherlands}},
journal = {Digital health},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1177/20552076251331825},
pmid = {40162167},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076251331825}
}
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Key findings
- Our findings add to the limited research on the entrepreneurial side of implementing dementia care technology.
Why it matters
This study developed business models for remote monitoring technology to support home-based dementia care in the Netherlands. It does not test any treatment, cure, or prevention for Alzheimer's disease.
Study details
- Participants20
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 36/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, effect reported and randomized / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Digital health) |
| Journal's citation record | 1 / 4 | Digital Health: journal h-index 77 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 4 / 5 | 2025 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 1 / 4 | 20 participants |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomized / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomization or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 1 / 7 | Cited 3 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-17) |
| Citations per year | 1 / 5 | 1.0 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025 |
| Impact for its field and year | 2 / 6 | Cited 2.7× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 1 / 4 | Cited 3 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 2 / 4 | Last-listed author Julia E.W.C. van Gemert‐Pijnen: h-index 41 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 0 / 3 | University of Twente: institution h-index 628 (OpenAlex) |
| Multicenter collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 40162167) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Total | 36 / 100 | — |
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