Our Homes as HealthQuarters – Finding Health and Well-Being at CES 2023
For over ten years, digital health technology has been a fast-growing area at the annual CES, the largest convention covering consumer electronics in the world. When the meet-up convenes over 100,000 tech-folk in Las Vegas at the start of 2023, we’ll see even more health and self-care tools and services at #CES23 — along with new-new things displayed in aisles well outside of the physical space on the Las Vegas Convention Center map labeled “digital health” at this year’s CES in the North Hall. Some context: my company has been a member
Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021
The coronavirus pandemic disrupted and re-shaped the annual CES across so many respects — the meeting of thousands making up the global consumer tech community “met” virtually, both keynote and education sessions were pre-recorded, and the lovely serendipity of learning and meeting new concepts and contacts wasn’t so straightforward. But for those of us working with and innovating solutions for health and health care, #CES2021 was baked with health goodness, in and beyond “digital health” categories. In my consumer-facing health care work, I’ve adopted the mantra that our homes are our health hubs. Reflecting on my many conversations during CES
Health Is Everywhere at #CES2021 – CTA’s CES 2021 Tech Trends to Watch
Spending on connected health monitoring devices in the U.S. will reach $845 million based on the forecast of the Consumer Technology Association, convening the annual 2021 CES this week in a virtual format. CTA unveiled the 2021 key trends we’ll see presented this week through the online exhibition hall and in educational sessions on the CES.Tech platform. Six major themes emerge at #CES2021: digital health, robotics and drones, 5G connectivity, vehicle technology, smart cities, and over all — digital transformation. All of these have applications in health and health care, especially accelerated in need by the COVID-19 pandemic which has
Preparing for a Long-COVID Lifestyle in 2021 – A Health-At-Home Focus for CES 2021
In the U.S., the latest read on supply-and-demand for COVID-19 vaccines illustrates a gap between what had been promised for the first phase of vaccine rollout versus the reality of supply chain challenges, cold storage, and 50-state and local fragmentation at the last mile for U.S. health citizens. An op-ed published in yesterday’s Washington Post by Dr. Robert Wachter of UCSF and Dr. Ashish Jha of Brown University found these two wise physicians feeling “punched in the face” with the state of coronavirus vaccination in America. As a result, they soberly, pragmatically recommended administering just the first jab of vaccine
The Internet of Teeth – The Growth of Oral Health at CES 2020
The presence of health and medicine is growing at CES, the annual conference of all-things-tech for consumers. At this week’s Show in Las Vegas, we see that the Internet of Healthy Things (a phrase coined by Dr. Joe Kvedar) has taken hold and gone mainstream in remote health monitoring, wearable tech, and heart rate tracking which is now embedded (and expected by health-seeking consumers) in wristbands. An expanding category in the Internet of Healthy Things is oral care. Let’s call this the Internet of Teeth, yet another riff on “IoT.” Of course, oral health goes well beyond teeth and toothbrushes.
Fidelity Investments healthcare industry team asked me to brainstorm the future of employer-sponsored health benefits from personalizing workers' health benefits journeys to their mental health and how to pay for health care -- including specialty drugs costs. Here's a link to the many insights the Fidelity team gleaned from me and other collaborators.
Grateful to collaborate with Christopher Caudle who asked me to share perspectives on how I use LinkedIn and social media to create impact and grow the wonderful community of diverse voices in the expanding health/care ecosystem. I'm thrilled to share this creative sandbox with several voices I consider friends in the field, and others whom I've respected along my journey -- especially Rebecca Love, John Whyte, and Dr. Stefan Buttigieg, with many others for whom I'm a fan-girl.
The team at EHT DAO curated their list of the Top 150 Healthtech Exponentialists, as they explain, "great professionals and friends, who are leading digital health, applying exponential technologies, around the world, with the purpose Health becomes a reality!" I'm named in the Top 10, humbled!, among inspiring folks like Dr. Kevin Pho, Dr. Bertalan Mesko, Mandi Bishop, Igor Korolev, among other colleagues....