Not very. The patient needs to open the box, take out the tablet, plug it into the wall, and press the “on” button. The peripherals have been pre-loaded, pre-paired, and pre-tested. She has to take the blood pressure cuff out of the box, put it on her arm, and press the button. After that, she’ll look at the tablet to see the reading appear. BlueStar has 20,000 family-years of experience in helping seniors use technologies in their homes. Most of the time, we can handle it all with the senior over the phone. Sometimes, we’ll ask a caregiver or adult child to step in to assist. A couple times a year, we’ll send a technician to the home to help, but that is extremely rare.