Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Continua Health Alliance provides insight into next generation of digital health at CONNECTIONS™

Parks Associates and CEA® announced that Continua Health Alliance will host a free pre-show session at CONNECTIONS™ on June 24. The Continua Health Alliance is a non-profit, open-industry coalition of the finest healthcare and technology companies joining together in collaboration to improve the quality of personal healthcare by establishing a system of interoperable personal health solutions that fosters independence, empowers individuals and provides the opportunity for truly personalized health & wellness management.

The Continua session “The next generation of personal telehealth is here!” will explore the alliance’s three use cases – chronic disease management, aging independently, and health & fitness – and explain how Continua is utilizing standards to ensure interoperability as it opens new opportunities in digital health solutions and services.

During CONNECTIONS™, Wang will moderate the panel “Digital Technology for Managing Health and Wellness,” which features Parks Associates’ digital-health research and speakers from Texas Instruments, 4HomeMedia, Philips Home Healthcare Solutions, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, and the Intel Digital Health Group.

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