Our story
Tetradapt began with a doctor, a university and a conviction: people living with paralysis should have the latest technology, delivered with the same care as any other part of their treatment. 18 years later, that conviction runs 75 hospital rooms and is coming home.
18
Years since the Tetradapt Initiative began
Founded 2008
75
Patient rooms live at NRH
Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital, University of Utah Health
1.9M
Patient-originated room interactions a year
Across 75 patient rooms at the Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital
Mission
Technology that gives control back.
Independence is more than a convenience — it is dignity, confidence, and quality of life. Our Smart Hospital and Smart Home technologies were developed alongside healthcare researchers and validated by patients, families, clinicians, and caregivers. With active implementations across healthcare and residential settings, this platform is proving its value where it matters most: in the lives of real people.
Not technology for its own sake. Tetradapt exists to offer people the greatest degree of independence, control and quality of life after a catastrophic injury or illness.
A person with limited function should be able to experience, navigate and interact with a hospital room, and later a home, with the same control and fluidity as anyone else. That is the standard we build to.
Timeline
How we got here
2001
A vision for active lives
Dr. Jeffrey Rosenbluth begins promoting health, independence and an active lifestyle for people with complex physical disabilities in the Intermountain West.
2003
TRAILS
Dr. Rosenbluth develops the University of Utah’s TRAILS program (Technology, Recreation, Access, Independence, Lifestyle, Sports) to maximize quality of life through wellness, sports, recreation, education and advocacy.
2008
The Tetradapt Initiative
Tetradapt begins delivering the latest technology for adaptive sports and recreation to people living with spinal cord injury, in coordination with University of Utah engineering, research, business and medical teams.
2020
The Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital opens
The vision expands to Active Living Solutions for spinal cord injury, brain injury, mental decline and aging populations across hospital, clinic, long-term care, home and recreational settings. Every patient room is built accessibility-first.
2023
Peer-reviewed at scale
“It Made Me Feel So Much More at Home Here,” the first study of the smart rooms deployed at scale, is presented at the ACM CHI conference.
2024
HIMSS
The NRH team presents “Designed for the Patient and Future: An Accessibility-First Rehab Hospital” at HIMSS.
2025
1.9 million interactions a year
Patients at NRH originate 1.9 million room interactions a year across 75 rooms, and the feedback module reaches care teams in real time.
2026
NIH, NSF and other major grant awards
Additional hospital and residential deployments underway.
Leadership
The people behind it
Founder
Jeffrey Rosenbluth, M.D.
Medical Director, Spinal Cord Injury Acute Rehabilitation, University of Utah Health
Dr. Rosenbluth founded Tetradapt and directs the Spinal Cord Injury Acute Rehabilitation program at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center.
Since 2001 he has promoted health, independence and an active lifestyle for people with complex physical disabilities in the Intermountain West. In 2003 he developed the University of Utah’s TRAILS program, which brings technology, recreation, access, independence, lifestyle and sports together to improve quality of life.
Technology innovation
Brent Elieson
Associate Director of Technology Innovation, University of Utah Health
Brent leads technology innovation for Utah Health and holds a BSIT and an MBA along with more than 20 IT industry certifications. He has more than 30 years of experience leading IT teams and has taken part in grants, funded research studies and peer-reviewed publications.
His product designs have been brought to market by companies including Cisco, Computer Associates, Hypnoscure, LanOptics, Meraki and Tetradapt, resulting in more than a dozen US patent assertions.
Partners and recognition
Built with the University of Utah
Tetradapt works in coordination with University of Utah engineering, research, business and medical teams, and with the partners below.
HIMSS
HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7
Case study contributing to the University of Utah Health HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7 award.
CHIME
Most Wired, Level 10
Case study contributing to the CHIME Most Wired Level 10 award.
Deployments
Where the system runs
Live
- Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH), University of Utah Health75 patient rooms
- University of Utah Community Clinics
- Discharged patient residence
In progress
- University of Utah Hospital
- University of Utah West Valley
- QLI of Omaha
Planned
- One U Center
- Several other confidential sites
Research
Proven by peer-reviewed research
Tetradapt combines practical innovation with world-class research. Our staff serve as principal investigators (PIs) and collaborators (opens in new tab) on research initiatives with leading scholars at the University of Utah and other respected institutions. These partnerships help ensure that Tetradapt solutions are supported by scientific evidence, user-centered design, and peer-reviewed research.
Our collaborative research efforts have been funded by organizations including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and several of the world's leading technology companies.
For additional publications or research partnership inquiries, please contact us at [email protected].
Let’s design your solution
Whether for a facility or a home, we tailor the system to the people who will use it.