Blog articles from 08/2021

Parks Associates ' Connected Health Summit: Consumer Engagement and Innovation returns on Tuesday, August 31, for the sessions:  Virtual Health and Remote Monitoring and Connected Health Business Models from 11 AM to 4:15 PM CT. Michael Braham, SVP & General Manager, Trapollo, A Cox Business Company , is featured as the Visionary Insight speaker during the session Connected Health Business Models at 2:15 PM CT and will address the shifts in healthcare as the market moves...

Parks Associates ' Connected Health Summit: Consumer Engagement and Innovation returns on Tuesday, August 31, for the sessions V irtual Health and Remote Monitoring and Connected Health Business Models from 11 AM to 4:15 PM CT.  Brian Carter, Chief Operating Officer, Validic , is featured as an interactive panel member during the session Virtual Health and Remote Monitoring at 12:15 PM CT and will examine trending data on consumer familiarity, use, and demand for telehealth...

Parks Associates ’ Connected Health Summit: Consumer Engagement and Innovation 2021 virtual conference series continues on Tuesday, August 31 with sessions Virtual Health and Remote Monitoring and Connected Health Business Models from 11 AM to 4:15 PM CT. Susan Taylor, Director External Affairs, Scripps Health , is featured as the Visionary Insight during the session Virtual Health and Remote Monitoring at 11:15 AM CT and will evaluate the user experience with telehealth...

Cloud gaming, the streaming of cloud-hosted games over the internet, is an idea that is not new, but has yet to really gain mainstream traction. In years past, there were any number of showstopper issues that compromised the experience for consumers, from developer support to performance lag to platform support, content availability and more. There are clear signs that 2021 is a watershed year for the growing momentum behind cloud gaming – and these moves are coming from titans in the...

Parks Associates ’ Connected Health Summit: Consumer Engagement and Innovation 2021 virtual conference series continues on Tuesday, August 31 with sessions Virtual Health and Remote Monitoring and Connected Health Business Models from 11 AM to 1:15 PM CT. Mia Finkelston, Medical Director, Amwell is featured as an interactive panel member during the session Virtual Health and Remote Monitoring 12:15 PM CT and will evaluate the user experience with telehealth services and...

Apple has long carried itself as a staunch defender of user privacy. CEO Tim Cook has even asserted privacy is a “fundamental human right,” and Apple’s track record has supported this notion. For example, Apple resisted the FBI’s attempts to access iPhone networks for the sake of monitoring and catching suspected terrorists and mass shooters, realizing the dangerous precedent that could be set by allowing government entities to access individuals’ private messages without a...

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the healthcare landscape dramatically and permanently. Early in the pandemic, there were lockdowns and state-led rulings that caused a hold in a variety of elective care services. Some patients avoided care due to the risk of COVID-19 infections as some patients avoided care due to the risk of COVID-19 infections as best practices indicated for patients to visit the doctor for essential purposes only. Over the past year, Parks Associates has kept a...

As part of Parks Associates’ connected home and smart energy research, the firm asks consumers about electric vehicles, and recent results showing an unchanged market year over year with 7% of broadband households having at least one electric vehicle, have aligned with general downturn in the automotive industry as adoption stalled in 2020. Parks Associates reports that only 15% of US broadband households indicate intentions to purchase an EV in 2021. Among consumers who do not...