"Connected Health Summit" articles

Kari Hall , VP, Global Software Services at ResMed, recently spoke with Parks Associates about the future of healthcare. Kari was also a speaker at Parks Associates’ annual Connected Health Summit in San Diego, where she and speakers from 2bPrecise, Kaiser, Qualcomm, and UPMC Insurance Services spoke about the business opportunities available through precision medicine. ResMed changes lives with award-winning medical devices and cutting-edge cloud-based software applications...

Autumn Braswell , COO of Global Solutions and Marketing for LinQ at iQor, recently shared her perspective on the future of digital health markets. Autumn was a speaker at Parks Associates’ fourth-annual Connected Health Summit: Engaging Consumers , which took place August 29-31 in San Diego. iQor is a global provider of customer interaction and product support services. They partner with many of the world’s best-known brands to deliver aftermarket product and customer...

Parks Associates spoke with Arta Bakshandeh , Senior Medical Officer at Alignment Healthcare, about emerging trends in digital health markets. Alignment Healthcare is redefining the business of healthcare by shifting the focus from payments to people. They’ve created a new model for health care delivery that cuts costs and improves lives by unraveling the inefficiencies of the current system to drive patients, providers, and payers toward a common goal of wellness. Dr....

Although the use of on-demand virtual care technologies remains controversial, shifting perception has led care providers to implement or embed solutions into their current care practices. Parks Associates research shows that almost 40% of consumers are interested in communicating digitally with medical professionals via phone calls or online voice chat. As the consumer-focused transformation in healthcare broadens, more care will be delivered in non-acute settings, including in...

Karsten Russell-Wood , Director of Marketing, Philips provides insights into key areas of the connected health market in the below Q&A summary with Parks Associates research team.  Karsten will be participating in Parks Associates fourth-annual Connected Health Summit: Engaging Consumers , Aug 29-31 at the Omni Hotel in San Diego. Karsten will participate on the opening session, Convergence of Medical Technology and Connected Health , at Connected Health Summit on...

Parks Associates asked Scott Plewes , VP of User Experience at Macadamian, about his thoughts on the emerging digital health industry. Macadamian, a sponsor of the fourth-annual Connected Health Summit , is a full-service user-centered software design and development consulting firm specializing in digital and connected healthcare. Scott will be participating on the presentation panel, Healthcare UX: Designing the Best Customer Experience , at 11:15 am on Thursday, August...

CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference , which was recently held in San Francisco, featured a very vibrant discussion where panelists and audience members attempted to determine if there was a significant market opportunity for the support of connected healthcare and fitness devices. Parks Associates presented research which highlighted the fact that the majority of connected health and fitness device owners (more than 90%) set up their devices on their own or with...

The Internet of Things opens many new opportunities for the connected consumer.  Startups are targeting every aspect of the home, the car, and the body, with applications focused on safety, security, comfort, convenience, health, and wellbeing. Each year at Parks Associates’ CONNECTIONS™ Conference , venture capitalists speak on a session about the future direction of IoT investing. At the 2017 event, session attendees were asked their opinions on where start-up activity...