Enspektos, LLC, a healthcare innovation consultancy, today released a first-of-its-kind research about how patients with addiction use digital health tools, where voice-enabled technologies are currently being deployed in health and more.Four Q2 2018 digital health trends & themes revealed in the report are:1. Patients with addiction feel positive about the role digital technologies can play in their treatment. Many, including those with opioid and alcohol addiction, prefer to use social
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Report: Patients Worried Digital Therapeutics will Expose Them to Unwanted Surveillance
New research released today by healthcare innovation consultancy Enspektos, LLC reveals that digital therapeutics, defined as innovations such as prescription medications with embedded sensors and mobile applications that may one day replace drugs, are rapidly growing in scope and importance globally.The research also highlights deep patient concerns about whether digital therapeutics will expose them to unwanted surveillance or that data collected by these applications could be sold or used
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Why Did the Global Digital Health Market Strengthen During Q4 2017?
Healthcare innovation consultancy Enspektos, LLC, today released the latest edition of its quarterly study, digihealth impact trac. The report focuses on key Q4 2017 market themes and previews five digital health trends that will matter in 2018. The research reveals that telemedicine is having a far-reaching impact as adoption surges globally. Most importantly, telemedicine solutions are delivering economic benefits and re-shaping the patient-physician relationship, as clinicians learn what it
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5 Digital Health Innovation Trends That Will Matter in 2018
In December 2016, many were suggesting that wearables were dead. Fitbit’s stock price was rapidly dropping. Apple Watch sales had declined for two consecutive quarters and Pebble had just been acquired in a fire sale.What a difference a year makes. Today, Apple Watch is poised to become the world’s best selling wearable. And, the market is quickly diversifying as hearables (once again led by Apple) and clinical wearables gain importance.The lesson is clear. As we look toward 2018, it’s more
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Report: 5 Key Trends Shaping The Global Digital Health Ecosystem
The global digital health market is strengthening due to increasing efforts to prove the benefits of technology, according to a recent report by healthcare innovation consultancy Enspektos, LLC. The new report, Q3 2017 digihealth impact trac study reveals that accelerating innovation activity in Europe and Asia, record-breaking investment levels and other drivers contributing to the digital health market's growing global strength and impact, This report also indicates that innovators are focused
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Is The Digital Health Industry Failing or Flourishing? New Report Provides Answers
Recently, there's been an argument about whether digital health (as an industry) is dead, or alive. In some cases, investors have failed to realize rapid returns and companies are struggling to gain traction. Others argue that it's too early to declare digital health's death, mainly because of the long sales and technology adoption cycles characteristic of the health market.This debate is framed within the context of funding levels and investor returns because of how the strength of the digital
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The Most Surprising Health Wearables Trend of Q2 2017?
One of the stories that is gaining traction in the health wearables space is the reality that sensors are becoming less expensive and increasingly commoditized. It’s no longer enough for health wearables makers to leverage better sensors to attract consumer interest. Instead, they must develop more holistic offerings with software that makes wearables smarter and more useful.This is one reason why wearables makers in the United States, India and other parts of the world are focusing increasingly
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What is the Future of Digital Health Under Trump’s Administration?
Editor's Note: Fard Johnmar is a digital health futurist, strategist, researcher and inventor. This analysis is also available in a free eBook, which you can access by clicking here.Obviously, the world is a different place than many of us thought it would be when we woke up on Wednesday morning. Hillary Clinton has been defeated. And, the Democratic Party is at its lowest level of political power -- from the federal government to state houses and legislatures -- in generations. This week, I've
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State of Digital Health Innovation Report: 8 Key Things to Know
Enspektos, LLC, a leading innovation consultancy, announced today the results from Wave 1 of its State of Digital Health Innovation Study. This research initiative is designed to help the global health ecosystem understand how organizations are progressing in their digital innovation efforts. According to this research, only 5% of health organizations globally are operating at the highest level of proficiency and expertise when it comes to their digital innovation efforts. This includes having
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Webinar Today: Decoding the DNA of Health Innovation — in Digital and Beyond
This afternoon HIT Consultant will be hosting a complimentary webinar, "Decoding the DNA of Health Innovation — in Digital and Beyond" highlighting new research from the global State of Digital Health Innovation study, actionable insights, strategies and tools that can help accelerate health innovation and much more. This research explores how organizations are progressing in their digital innovation efforts and outline the forces blunting or accelerating their progress. According to the initial
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