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CES 2016: Consumer and Medical Devices Come Together in Digital Health

The role digital health will ultimately play in the overall health care market is still evolving, but it is becoming clearer that consumers and consumer-based products will play a role. The merging of consumer and medical was evident at CES in Las Vegas, where an increasing number of businesses are showcasing new products for the digital health market, which is expected to reach $233 billion by 2020.

Although it is still a young market, the digital health care space has evolved to the point where it seems an increasing number of businesses are regularly jumping into the arena in an effort to establish themselves in what is predicted to be the next big wave in health care delivery. (SeeAlso see "The Digital Health Care Revolution Picks Up Speed" - Medtech Insight, 14 July, 2015..) Given that the overall digital health market is expected to nearly quadruple to $233 billion by 2020, the financial incentives are clear. Accompanying these businesses is technology that comes either in the form of a new medical product, or a new take on an existing product, and as the market develops, boundaries and rules that affect all of health care are changing. Those technologies and changes were on display in January at CES 2016, the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, hosted by the Consumer Technology Association, and also at the two-day Seventh Annual Digital Health Summit at CES.

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