By Dan Munro My annual trek to Las Vegas for CES included no less than 3 separate events (among many to chose from). The New Media Expo (NMX), The Digital Health Summit (DHS) and the big show itself ? the Consumer Electronic Show (CES). Needless to say, it was a full week.
Turns out this was also the largest CES in the show’s 45 year history with over 3,250 exhibitors unveiling some 20,000 new products to more than 150,000 attendees (35,000 of which trekked in from 170+ countries outside the U.S.). As with every year, there’s no way to really capture all of CES, so I don’t even try. These are just some of the highlights I saw at the growing intersection of consumer electronics and healthcare.
Similar to last year, my primary interest was the Digitial Health Summit which included Nationally recognized healthcare thought leaders like Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Reed Tuckson and Dr. Otis Brawley. Given the clinical and often insular nature of traditional healthcare events (HIMSS, mHealth and AHIP Institute to name a few), it’s refreshing to see healthcare embedded so directly into both the CES conference and exhibit hall. My biggest single takeaway is that the bright line between clinical health and personal wellness (especially as it relates to data collection) is definitely blurring ? and that’s a good thing. DHS added live interviews this year and many of those can be seen on the DHS YouTube channel (including my own ad-hoc interview with Dr. Otis Brawley).
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