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The Digital Health Update by Paul Sonnier ⋅ Dec 3, 2016 ⋅ #250
Dear Group,
Digital Health World Congress 2017 is taking place in London, UK from May 23-24. This is the leading technology digital healthcare conference in the UK and Europe, serving as a forum for medtech, mobile, IoT, and IT industry events. Taking place in the Great Hall, Kensington and Chelsea Conference Center, the program will be filled with distinguished speakers covering all aspects of medical and mobile technology including ehealth, mhealth, telehealth, telemedicine, genomics, and healthcare IT. Learn more and register to attend here. http://digitalhealthcareworldcongress.com/
Wearable fitness device maker Fitbit is acquiring smartwatch maker Pebble for around $40M. Both companies have been struggling in an overall soft market. Even sales for category leading Apple Watch have slowed, as consumers awaited the recent launch of the Series 2 device. As such, the holiday season may see a double-boost. Currently, 15.2% of Americans own a smartwatch, fitness, or other type of wearable tech device, and 9.3% of prospective new buyers say they intend to purchase a wearable in the next year. 47% of wearable sales in the U.S. are in the smartwatch category compared to dedicated fitness bands. For Fitbit, the Pebble acquisition puts them much more firmly into that desirable category.
The potential for the Amazon Dash button to be used for more than just ordering consumer products has always been an intriguing prospect.
So far, though, actual examples in the digital health category have been the exclusive domain of creative hackers. The latest example was created by a father whose daughter has a genetic condition called Cri du Chat Syndrome, and he uses it to track how often she goes to the bathroom.
A new report from the United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) says that 47% of the world’s people now use the Internet. This is an increase from the 43% of figure reported last year. Unfortunately, there are serious geographic and economic disparities in Internet use. At 81%, richer countries tend to use the Internet much more than poorer nations, which are at 15.2%. At 74.6%, the United States comes in lower than many other wealthy nations. 3.9B people in the world do not use the Internet, and in addition to being poorer, they tend to also be less educated, rural, elderly, and female. Moreover, while 84% the global population live in an area where mobile-broadband is available, in some low-income countries, 20-40% of the population does not have a access to Internet-enabled phone or other device.
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