12Beyond the Consulting Room
The Internet of People, Things and Services and the Human Factors of Outpatient Support
These are exciting times for psychology. The Internet of Things, People and Services has created a previously unanticipated potential to monitor and control behaviors (Wilson, Shah, & Whipple, 2015). Hitherto therapeutic interventions tended to be by appointment in health professional offices. However this was not necessarily when a client was most “at risk”. The enhanced connectivity promised by the Internet of Things (Kopetz, 2011) potentially confers the opportunity for psychologists to monitor maladaptive or inappropriate behaviors and deliver immediate, situated decisional support contingent upon actual ...
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