Aug 9, 2018

Parks Associates: 42% of consumers 50 and older are very interested in home systems that sense emergencies

Session at Connected Health Summit features executives from ADT, Alarm.com, American Two-Way, GreatCall, Life365, and Rapid Response Monitoring Services

Research from Parks Associates shows 42% of consumers 50 and older in U.S. broadband households are very interested in using a home system that can sense an emergency and alert the necessary people if it allows them to continue living independently. The IoT research firm will explore new use cases for healthcare emerging from smart home, AI, and machine learning innovations at its fifth-annual Connected Health Summit: Engaging Consumers, August 28-30 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego.

“Connected health and wellness features have established a prominent role on multiple IoT platforms, including the smartphone, the smart watch, and wearables,” said Dina Abdelrazik, Research Analyst, Parks Associates. “Many independent living solutions have strong crossover opportunities with the smart home; stakeholders from both connected heath and the smart home are exploring ways to support new home-based health applications and use cases.”

During the special session “Smart Home Platforms: Growing the Connected Health Ecosystem," 8:30 a.m. on August 29, industry experts will examine smart home players’ potential to support new home-based health applications and services and related business models and partnerships requirements. Abdelrazik will moderate the session with the following speakers:

• Bryan Adams, Chief Commercial Officer, GreatCall Inc.
• Christopher Baskin, CEO, American Two-Way
• Kent E. Dicks, CEO and Founder, Life365, Inc.
• Dave Johnson, Director, Residential Home Health, ADT
• Spencer Moore, VP, Sales & Marketing, Rapid Response Monitoring Services
• Lainie Muller, Director, Wellness, Alarm.com

The 2018 Advisory Board for Connected Health Summit includes executives from Best Buy; Care Innovations, an Intel company; Comcast; EarlySense; GreatCall; Life365; MDLive; Mosaic Growth Partners; Omron Healthcare; Orbita; Providence St. Joseph Health; and Walmart.

Event Sponsors include Independa, Rapid Response Monitoring, MDLIVE, Alarm.com, BodiMetrics, Forgerock, GiftCard Partners, Nortek Security & Control, Personal Connected Health Alliance, Qualcomm Ventures, Z-Wave, and Pathway OME.

Event Supporters include Antenna, B2 Group, Bestseos.com, Best Web Design Agencies, CIO Applications, Conference Guru, Consortium for Patient Engagement (CoPE), Crowd Reviews, FierceHealthcare, FierceHealthIT, FiercePharma, HME News, HomeGrid Forum, Home Health Technology News, HomeToys, Innovation & Tech Today, Intelligent Health Association, Internet Health Management, IoT Consortium, ISE Magazine, LonMark International, Managed Care Magazine, Method, Personal Connected Health Alliance, PharmaVoice, RTC Media, San Diego EDC, Small Cell Forum, Smart Insights, Springboard Enterprises, Startup Health, TD The Market Publishers, Telebehavioral Health Institute, TelcoProfessionals, Telehealth & Telecare Aware, The Journal of mHealth, The MedTech Strategist, TopSEOs.com, Vertical Web Media, Visibility Magazine, and Wi-Fi Alliance.

Registration is open, and media are invited to attend. To speak with an analyst or to request research, contact Julia Homier at [email protected], 972-996-0214.

About Connected Health Summit: Consumer Engagement and Innovation

Connected Health Summit, hosted by international research firm Parks Associates, is an executive conference focused on the impact of connected devices and IoT healthcare solutions on consumers at home. In its tenth year, Connected Health Summit brings senior industry leaders together from all aspects of the consumer experience ecosystems to provide insights on new business models, IoT technologies, consumer behaviors, and deployments relevant to consumer healthcare solutions.

The conference features Parks Associates quarterly consumer readdresses opportunities for new solutions in the care giving and senior markets and the wellness markets. This includes smart home platforms, on-demand services, voice assistants, and wearables, to empower consumers, caregivers, and providers and to meet the growing demand for services in independent living, chronic care management, remote access to care, and wellness and fitness solutions. www.connectedhealthsummit.com

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