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HITS Lab

The HITS Laboratory conducts research, develops and tests new technology, and generates knowledge in healthcare innovation.

Smart Home

Found on the ground floor of the HITS Sim lab, the Smart Home models a fully equipped one-bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment making this space beneficial in both nursing simulation education and HITS research. 

With an increasing older population, nursing students need not only the skills and knowledge to assist patients in a clinical setting, but within a home setting as well. Using a simulated or standardized patient, or a human simulator manikin, faculty can develop in-home care scenarios for nursing students to understand and empathize with the desire for older generations to live independently at home for as long as possible, in addition to practicing appropriate care giving skills.

In addition to the Smart Home being used for simulated experiences, it also provides testing space to trial new technologies for maintaining an appropriate and acceptable quality of life while aging in place. The rise of accessible internet, via sensors and technology devices that can monitor and provide important data, is one of the fastest growing technological sectors and will be incorporated into future nursing care in addition to technology and innovative design creation.

The Smart Home is also used as an innovation “think tank” meeting space, a place for brainstorming, knowledge dissemination, and presenting creative solutions for healthcare related problems.

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HITS is a research and development lab

Pushing healthcare forward in both big and small ways.


The HITS Laboratory is a partnership between the College of Nursing and the Tickle College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Contact Us

HITS Lab
Temple Hall
University of Tennessee
1818 Andy Holt Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Email: HITS@utk.edu

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