I’m at CES 2017 in Las Vegas all this week looking for signs of health in new technology announcements. While it’s no surprise there are hundreds of new and new-and-improved digital health innovations on the exhibition floor, you can look beyond those aisles to other companies who are new entrants in health. Arguably, these companies can bolster peoples’ health at least as much as activity tracking and calorie counting.
Here are five examples I wrote about in my Huffington Post column yesterday, The Social Determinants of Health Live At CES 2017:
Safety – Liberty Mutual
Nutrition – Terraillon
Healthy Sex Life – OhMiBod
Clean Air – Airthings
Clean Water – RayVio
Click on the Huffington Post column link above to read the details of how personal digital technology can bolster health beyond wearable tech wristbands.
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