"care management" articles

New connected health research from Parks Associates reveals some U.S. digital health device owners are willing to share the personal data generated by these devices in exchange for a health insurance discount. However, the willingness to share data varies based on the device used: 42% of digital pedometer owners are willing to share data for an insurance break 35% of smart watch owners are willing to share data for an insurance discount 26% of sleep-quality...

In its  King v. Burwell decision, the Supreme Court decided on June 25, 2015, that the Federal Government can provide subsidies to qualified people who buy health insurance on the Federal exchanges in states where the state government declined to set up such an exchange. Because most ACA (Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare) requirements are interconnected, the elimination of subsidies in states that have Federally-run exchanges would have crippled the health exchange markets and let...

WSJ today reported that the upcoming Apple Watch will feature fewer health sensors than originally planned. The article cited people within Apple saying that efforts to integrate multiple health sensors include ECG, blood pressure, and skin perspiration, ran into performance issues. After extensive trials and tests to improve sensor accuracy and reliability failed, Apple decided NOT to include such sensors in the first-generation Apple Watch, according to this article. The news is...

Ten years ago, in 2004, most people did not yet have a smartphone. The iPhone and the myriad of Android-powered phones were not yet available. The progress made in the mobile market over the span of a single decade is remarkable—but even more remarkable is the market's continued transformation over the next 10 years. As smartphones become controllers for uses well beyond core communications and attach to everyday products in our homes, a new world of opportunity is at hand. By 2025,...

Matthew Holt at Health 2.0 had a few questions regarding recent Parks Associates data on consumers’ digital health activities published in this infographic . Thanks, Matthew, for your interest in our data and for starting this discussion. First, the data source. Parks Associates fields consumer surveys throughout the year on emerging consumer technologies and technology-related services, including those in the digital health space. This particular infographic pulls from a...

Consumers are gaining increasingly active roles in their healthcare services. Spending is shifting from employers to employees, and personal technologies give consumers the ability to make informed decisions about their healthcare. Nearly 60% of U.S. broadband households own some kind of personal health and wellness device, such as a digital weight scale or glucometer, and new designs and form factors, such as smart watches, have generated considerable consumer interest. The...

Parks Associates senior analyst Jennifer Kent and director of health and mobile product research Harry Wang will be presenting the research firm's latest digital health data in an upcoming webinar " Engaging Consumers with Connected Health Technologies ." This complimentary webinar will take place place Thursday, June 26 at 1 p.m. CST (2 p.m. EST). Parks Associates research shows that consumers are increasingly interested and engaged with digital health tools and...

Parks Associates recently released new consumer data examining the impact of technology on the healthcare needs of U.S. consumers. The report, which includes 2,500 consumers in U.S. broadband households, finds that the top three digital health activities over the past year include looking up health information online, using a provider or insurer's website, and using websites for appointments, lab results, or prescriptions. Healthcare providers and insurers, drug companies,...