Mobile industry analyst, Canalys estimates that just over 200,000 ‘smart wearable bands’ shipped in Q1-Q2 2013. However, it forecasts that worldwide shipments of smart wearable bands are on the rise. The market is set to grow by well over 500 per cent in Q3-Q4 2013. Despite growing interest in the category, however, products to date have been very limited. Canalys anticipates that 2014 will be the turning point for smart wearable devices. Market expansion will occur with the launch of improved technologies.
Senior housing organization set a survey baseline that worries leaders. At a 2011 presentation at LeadingAge’s conference in DC, not long after the organization dropped the AAHSA moniker, a technology adoption survey was presented and prefaced with an apology about the low (18%) participation rate in the survey. A month later, the organization published a series of case studies about early adopters ("Pioneers in the field") -- several of them presented at that LeadingAge conference. Okay – these were tech enthusiasts -- the Evangelical Homes of Michigan stood out then and does even now -- but overall, not too much was happening at the time.
How did we get people to quit smoking? Do you remember the early days when 'Smoking is bad for your health' ads (based on published research) emerged? In the 1960s, 44% of adults smoked. I thought of the research-based ads this week when Pew Research released an enormous report (94 pages) called The Diagnosis Difference, funded by the California Healthcare Foundation. In its many pages, the report makes two key points: 1) People with chronic diseases are less likely to have Internet access than those without chronic diseases --72% versus 89%, thus described as the "17-point difference." 2) Those with chronic diseases who are online use the Internet to find information as well as other people who share their chronic disease(s). And – one more thing – 43% of the 65+ surveyed had two or more chronic conditions. Now you know, but what should you do?
