Mobile

Entrepreneurs and upstarts in the show floor nooks and crannies are a great place to find new ideas, insights and technologies that foretell coming trends. 

Most medical things exhibited at CES 2017 are connected devices with apps that collect, analyze, and feedback data and information to users (patients, consumers, caregivers) and health/care providers (physicians, nurses, care coaches, and others who support people in self-care).

Supply of mobile health apps greatly exceeds the demand for them, based on research2guidance’s report on the mHealth App Developer Economics 2016, analyzing the status and trends of the mobile health apps market.

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At the start of 2016, the current installed base of wearable activity tracking devices was just over 33 million in the U.S.

"We believe that mobile devices such as iPhones will become the predominant means by which patients interact with BIDMC," says Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO John Halamka, MD. "Your phone will be the repository of your medical record."

Carla Smith, Executive Vice President at HIMSS, highlights the major themes at the upcoming HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas, including the the value of health IT and cybersecurity.

JoAnn Klinedinst, Vice President of Professional Development at HIMSS, previews the topics and approach for education sessions at HIMSS16 and how attendees can access content online after the conference in the newly redesigned Learning Center.

Tom Martin, PhD, Director at HIMSS and PCHA, provides a sneak peak at what’s in store for attendees interested in learning about connected health technologies at HIMSS16.

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