At glitzy Vegas tech show, chronic-disease gadgets to take center stage
An exploding array of digital health companies will converge on Las Vegas this week to showcase the latest advances in using data and algorithms to try to solve the world’s toughest health problems.
The annual Consumer Electronics Show — a sort of Sundance Film Festival of must-have gadgets — has become an increasingly popular venue for health technology firms looking to make a splash in the $7 trillion global medical industry. And this year’s event will be no different, bringing a particular focus on chronic disease, an area where purveyors of new software and wearables see breakthrough potential.
CES, as it is known, is not a medical conference. But it is becoming a crossroads for health care and high technology at a time when personal information collected through smartphones
