Monday, September 15, 2014
Doctor Video Consultations Are On The Rise
Parks Associates held its first Connected Health Summit: Engaging Consumers last week on September 5, 2014, in San Diego. The two-day, executive event, sponsored by ADT, Care Innovations, Lowe’s, and Z-Wave, focused on the consumer perspective of the digital health/telehealth market.
Harry Wang, director of health & mobile product research for Parks Associates, addresses some important changes in the telehealth market: “The number of doctor-patient video consultations will n ...read more
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Restaurant And Hospitality IT News For VARs
Parks Associates Research has found that nearly 20 percent of all smartphone users (40 million people) used at least one mobile wallet in 2013. By 2017, usage is expected to increase by 43 percent to 113 million people. For those that have used or are already using mobile wallets, barcode based apps rather than NFC are the dominant mobile wallet type. Parks senior analyst Jennifer Kent says proximity and e-commerce wallets will become “less distinct” as customers plan to use the ...read more