Advances in Medical and Better Living Technologies in the i-HOME™
Harry Pappas, CEO of the Intelligent Health Association, discusses advances in medical and better living technologies in the i-HOME™/Intelligent Medical Home with Dr. David Rhew, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Healthcare and Fitness for Samsung Electronics America. Many of these advances and technologies were demonstrated within the i-HOME™ Pavilion within the Intelligent Health Pavilion™ at HIMSS16, Las Vegas. The interview took place live on the show floor and was produced by IHTV (intelligenthospital.tv)
Dr. David Rhew is Chief Medical Officer and Head of Healthcare and Fitness for Samsung Electronics America, he oversees and/or directly influences the development, sales, and marketing of enterprise B2B healthcare solutions and consumer-targeted B2C fitness devices for Samsung Electronics.
Dr, Rhew writes:”Our vision is to engage and empower consumers and patients to better healthcare outcomes by providing technologies that enable the seamless capture of health and fitness-oriented data and by facilitating the communication between consumers, patients, family members, and healthcare providers.
Our approach is to leverage the broad array of consumer-oriented devices that people use everyday (eg, smart phones, tablets, wearables, televisions, home appliances) to make things easier and more convenient for the end-user. ”
What is the Intelligent Health Association (IHA)?
The IHA is a new, growing organization built on the success of the “RFID in Healthcare Consortium” (RHCC), founded in 2008 to serve the growing industry needs of the Auto-ID and RFID/RTLS technology sector. The RHCC is now an active member of the IHA.
The IHA is an international, technology centric and technology focused organization serving as the parent organization and home for many 21st century digital technologies. The IHA is comprised of many new digital/mobile technology communities and societies, all operating under one organizational structure with a common goal: to help drive the “Evolution to the Digital Health Revolution™” through the adoption and implementation of new technologies in the health ecosystem. The IHA accomplishes its mission through the delivery of vendor neutral, technology agnostic educational programs at conferences, trade shows, webinars and via social media channels in a partnership with other health related organizations, academic institutions, government, technology community and standards bodies. For further information please contact Harry P. Pappas, Founder and CEO, the Intelligent Health Association: hpappas@ihassociation.org
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