It was my second year attending the wild and crazy Computer Electronics Show and, particularly the Digital Health Summit. If you’re looking for outrageous innovation that makes you hit your head with the heel of your hand and say “WTF?” CES is the place for you. As if Vegas isn’t surreal enough without 150,000 nerd […]
Doctor Phil McGraw appeared at the Digital Health Summit at the CES in Las Vegas this week to talk about telemedicine, particularly his Doctor on Demand business, a company he co-founded with his son, Jay who produces The Doctors. He’s a powerful name with the potential to make telemedicine a household word. His daytime TV […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
One of the themes I encountered at CES this year was companies moving into new product areas, in some cases through collaboration. It serves a dual purpose of creating a splashy marketing announcement but also helps companies test market interest in products that reflect a significant shift for their businesses. Omron Healthcare, a company most […]
Only 8 percent of consumers purchased a fitness wearable last year, according to an Accenture survey released this week. You’d never know it from the pervasiveness of these companies at CES this week. There’s a lot of experimentation going on as these consumer health companies add more health features and health devices to increase their […]
In a sign that competition in the telemedicine market is heating up, MDLive founder and CEO Randy Parker said it hired a couple of Verizon’s Virtual Visits team in the past month in an interview at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. Verizon stopped offering the Virtual Visits package last year roughly […]
Federal Trade Commission head Edith Ramirez singled out companies with devices that store personal health information, such as blood-glucose levels, in a talk that highlighted concerns over data security and the Internet of Things. She recommended a few ways companies could build consumer trust in the Internet of Things at the Consumer Electronics Show in […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
There’s real interest in using standing desks to create more flexible workspaces and steer employees away from being too sedentary. Now a technology startup and the office furniture-maker Humanscale have unveiled an app that uses embedded sensors in desks and chairs to help employers quantify exactly how much their employees are sitting and standing. Humanscale […]
One of the biggest challenges for the wearables industry is the relatively low adoption rate by the mass market. Withings is betting that price is a significant barrier and its reduction could lead to wider adoption beyond the Quantified Selfers. It’s gambling on that premise with a the launch of a $150 smartwatch called Activité […]