PHARMACIES have an "excellent opportunity to take part in the connected health trend" as digital health improves health monitoring, lowers costs to organisations and provides consumers new ways of monitoring chronic disease, according to Propell Health, the Australasian distributor of the iHealth range of personal health apps and devices.
Propell Health's Craig Simmonds recently attended the massive Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where he said the focus was clearly on "patient-oriented care".
"It is clear digital or connected health has become mainstream.
"Wearables are nowhere as prevalent as they once were.
"Chronic disease monitoring devices linked to apps is what the global market is backing."
Blood pressure, blood glucose, pulse oximetry and ECG monitoring are now all connected to apps, he added, identifying the big global brands leading the charge as iHealth, Withings and Philips.
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