"remote health monitoring" articles

Prior to the pandemic, few local physicians’ practices offered telehealth or remote visits, and few if any hospital systems ran telehealth or remote patient monitoring programs at scale. In 2020 and 2021, much like patients themselves, care providers and health systems had little choice but to make heavy use of telehealth. With in-person elective visits gone and social distancing keeping many patients at home, providers stood to lose much of their revenue streams if they did not act...

Join leading industry executives and analysts at Parks Associates’ interactive Connected Health Summit virtual session, “ Seniors and Caretakers: Living Independently ” on Thursday, October 6 at 11:00 AM CT for insights on Seniors, Caretakers, Living Independently, and so much more. Panels and speakers include: Thursday, October 6 Seniors and Caretakers: Living Independently Integrating Tech and Services to Empower Seniors Adam...

The challenges to securing the smart home create ample business opportunities across the value chain for security solutions. Security solutions at the level of hardware, network, or cloud platforms are vitally important to the success of IoT providers throughout the ecosystem. Data security or privacy issues concern 79% of consumers and this concern is one of the top three purchase inhibitors of smart home devices. Key trends include: Interest in device...

Both seniors and caregivers are reactive purchasers of senior assistive technology, including PERS devices. The search for a solution typically begins only after an emergency occurs or when a senior is suddenly living alone after the death of a spouse. Fear-based marketing often plays into these scenarios, portraying a helpless senior unable to contact a loved one after falling. Though the original “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” commercial aired 30 years ago, the phrase remains...

Parks Associates’ Connected Health Summit: Consumer Engagement and Innovation conference series is excited to announce Becklar as a 2022 Sponsor. Becklar LLC is the holding company for AvantGuard Monitoring Centers and Freeus. Freeus is a leader in North America when it comes to the development and manufacturing of PERS and mPERS devices and technology. AvantGuard Monitoring Centers is one of the industry leaders in wholesale monitoring and provides services to the fire,...

Parks Associates research finds 54% of consumers own connected health products. Driven by smart watch adoption, consumers and patients have become used to using devices to collect, transmit, and interpret health data. The velocity of health device adoption has decreased after the active stage of the pandemic, but it remains far elevated compared to pre-pandemic levels. On Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 11 AM CT/ 9 AM PT, Parks Associates will co-host a complimentary webinar with...

Connected health sensors and devices are critical to expanding the applications of care in the home. While remote patient monitoring platforms have not yet scaled to the same extent as virtual visit solutions, they are highly in demand by care professionals, and consumer experience with connected health devices and sensors in the home is growing rapidly.     Parks Associates research reveals that as of Q2 2021, 40% of adult heads-of-broadband households report...

Consumer familiarity with telehealth services and remote care is increasing across all demographics according to Parks Associates extensive consumer research. While the average telehealth user is 44 years old and likely to have children in the home, telehealth use has increased substantially across all demographic groups. Parks Associates Q2 2021 consumer data reveals the following changes in US broadband households: 54% of households with an annual income of less than...