I've had several people ask me how SCANS (our Senior Care Navigation System) will develop over the life of the Indiana 21st Century Research and Technology Fund grant and beyond.

Version 1.0 of SCANS has just gone live, as active blog readers will know.  Training was completed yesterday and the system is already in the hands of Health Care Managers to improve geriatric care.

Over the next few months we are developing and deploying a series of "point" releases to and features and functionality of the system.  V1.1, for example, will improve the search capabilities of the application to provide easier access to solutions and tools for specific senior health care issues  (e.g. dementia information, well-being concerns, depression, and so on).  The plan includes the following releases:
SCANS    V1.0    Knowledge Repository 
               V1.1    Expanded Search
               V1.2    Enhanced Navigator Integration 
               V1.3    Localization and Enhanced Branding Support

Next, there are a series of major releases planned.  These provide dramatic advances in application capability and can even result in fundamental changes in the geriatric care profession.  The release plan is as follows:
SCANS  V2.0  Reasoning Engine 
SCANS  V3.0  Automated Knowledge Collection  
SCANS  V4.0  Outcomes Validation
Great news for families caring for aging parents!