Blog articles from 03/2017

Health Affairs , a well-recognized health journal, recently published a study on telehealth (what we call “virtual care”) this week. The article contains plenty of valuable information, and the media that reported on this study used headlines such as: “Are virtual doctor visits really cost-effective? Not so much, study says,” from Kaiser Health News “Telehealth drives up healthcare utilization and spending,” from Modern Healthcare “Remote...

Laura is a 23 year old woman who graduated college last May. She got a job in a state different from where she graduated college and upon settling into her own one bedroom apartment, she didn’t bother to get either cable or satellite television service. She has had some experience with pay-TV service, as she watched traditional over-the-air and cable/satellite channels during her childhood as her parents subscribed to a pay-TV service. In the dorms during freshman and sophomore years,...

According to Parks Associates research, 26% of U.S. broadband households own at least one smart home device, which equates to more than 26 million households and represents a 35% increase from the 2016 adoption rate of 19%. The IoT research firm will discuss new research findings and analysis on Tuesday, March 21 during the one-day research workshop “ Crossing the Chasm – Understanding Growth in the Smart Home .” Sponsored by Ayla Networks, the special event will take place...