"patient engagement" articles

Digital health research from Parks Associates shows U.S. consumers are adopting connected health devices and health apps in increasing numbers. According to the research firm, nearly 30% of U.S. broadband households own a connected health device, with over 40% of device owners having more than one. In addition, 55% of U.S. broadband households use at least one health app on a monthly basis.  Parks Associates welcomes and thanks the Advisory sponsors for the 2015...

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...

In a new article for TWICE magazine , Parks Associates director of research Harry Wang outlines the wearables market potential for device OEMs. Fitness and health trackers currently represent the most popular category within the wearables market, he says, but they are also subject to obstacles that can block the growth of adoption. Most notably, fitness and health wearables face an obstacle common to all fitness devices—they are at the mercy of users’ motivations. The...

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...

This week, I had the opportunity to attend mHealth + Telehealth World Congress in Boston. The three-day conference focuses on health system and health payer strategies for incorporating mobile and telemedicine technologies to improve care outcomes and drive operational efficiencies.   As my third consecutive year attending this event, the conference served as a nice benchmark for progress in the digital health initiatives among conference attendees, which are overwhelmingly care...

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 today announced the dates for the inaugural Connected Health Summit: Engaging Consumers . The event, taking place September 4-5 in San Diego, will focus on the consumer-centric health and wellness markets, as well as emerging technology within mobile health and healthcare IT. Interactive panel discussions with industry leaders and Parks Associates analysts will discuss increasing consumer engagement, producing better care outcomes, and growing revenues and building...

Parks Associates, HIMSS , and Intel-GE Care Innovations ™ are co-hosting an upcoming webinar, " Extending Care to Drive Behavior Change ," on Thursday, February 13 at 2p.m. EST (11am PST). As the demand for healthcare increases, the need for providers to offer tailored services to patients becomes increasingly important. New initiatives in telehealth and remote care provide expanded services to patients while decreasing costs for providers.Additionally, new next-gen...