With its Digital Health Summit, the annual Consumer Electronics Show is giving healthcare leaders a look at the potential for truly integrated care.
CES 2025 kicks off next week in Las Vegas, and is expected to draw close to 150,000 attendees and exhibitors.
Managed by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the event includes several smaller conferences, including the Digital Health Summit, which explores the intersection of consumer technology and healthcare.
Topics to be discussed will include AI, digital therapeutics, wearables, home-based healthcare, women’s health and workforce.
As CES 2025 kicks off next week in Las Vegas, healthcare’s innovation and transformation leaders are keeping an eye on the Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA’s) Digital Health Summit, as well as the various consumer-facing technologies, tools, and toys that could play a role in the health system of the future.
Healthcare has long claimed a part of the CES experience, starting with connected devices and apps designed to help consumers manage their health. Over the past several years, though, healthcare executives have joined the party, looking for tools and strategies to bridge the gap between the consumer and the patient.
Rene Quashie, CTA’s Vice President of Digital Health, says the event gives healthcare leaders an opportunity “to explore the future of health tech in the context of a broader, interconnected ecosystem.”
“Unlike traditional health conferences, CES brings together the full spectrum of technology innovators across industries, creating an environment where healthcare solutions are discussed alongside advancements in AI, robotics, IoT, and beyond,” he said in an e-mail to HealthLeaders. “This convergence fuels cross-industry collaboration, helping healthcare leaders identify transformative technologies and adapt them to meet the needs of consumers, clinicians, and payers.”
That integration should continue as health systems and hospitals push more services out of clinical settings and into the home, and as care providers develop programs to track their patients at home and manage care remotely. Strategies like remote patient monitoring (RPM) and Hospital at Home will rely more on consumer-friendly devices as that scale up and build sustainability.
Against that backdrop, there are opportunities for healthcare throughout the CES exhibit halls, which span both the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Venetian Expo. The smart home concept is an intriguing venue, with AI-enabled devices, sensors and appliances that can be used to monitor consumer activity and health, even diet, sleep, behavioral health and bathroom activity. Automobile manufacturers are including health apps and sensors in their new models, and even the popular gaming area includes games and gaming platforms that can be used for healthcare.
Quashie says the theme for healthcare-related events and vendors at CES this year is “the future of health,” with topics including AI, digital therapeutics, genomics, wearables, women’s health and workforce issues.
Among the panels in the Digital Health Summit:
The Future of Health: Views from the Top. A spotlight panel taking place from 1-1:40 p.m. Wednesday in the Venetian that features, among others, Highmark Health President and CEO David Holmberg and ChristianaCare President and CEO Janice Nevin.
Health Ai in 2030. This panel takes place from 2-2:40 p.m. Wednesday in the Venetian and features, among others, Anthony Chang, Chief Intelligence and Innovations Officer at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County, and Stephen Klasko, an Executive in Residence at General Catalyst.
Bottom the Bottom Line: Driving Quality and Value in Healthcare. This panel takes place from 3-3:40 p.m. Wednesday in the Venetian and features, among others, American Medical Association President Jesse Ehrenfeld.
Next Gen Wearable Tech: Shaping the Future. This panel takes place from 9-9:40 a.m. Thursday in the Venetian, is moderated by myself and features executives from digital health companies Abbott, WHOOP, Samsung Health and Garmin.
Health at Home: Where Health Meets Smart Living. This panel takes place from 11-11:40 a.m. Thursday in the Venetian and features, among others, healthcare economist and blogger Jane Sarasohn-Kahn and Jennifer Goldsack, CE of the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe).
Future Health Workforce. This panel takes place from 2-2:40 p.m. Thursday in the Venetian and features, among others, Dennis Truong, Regional Medical Director of Kaiser Permanente’s Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, and Joe Ganley, athenahealth’s Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs.
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