The Telemedicine Tipping Point

Telemedicine finally seems to be gaining traction in healthcare. In early August, Mordor Intelligence released a research report titled Global…

Source: www.healthitoutcomes.com

global market for telemedicine will be worth more than $34 billion by the end of the decade. North America is recognized as the largest contributor to this growth, accounting for more than 40 percent of the global market size.

American Well vs Teladoc Telehealth Trademark Battle Leaning Teladoc’s Way

Tthe U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) has agreed to move forward with Teladoc’s case to invalidate a patent held by rival American Well Corporation

Source: hitconsultant.net

From American Well CEO, “Understandably, Teladoc has its back against the wall.  The company operates a phone-a-doctor service and is now required by state and federal regulation to pivot into live video doctor visits, where you can see the doctor. This has been our field of operation for almost a decade and where we hold 26 patents granted to us by the US Patent office. We understand that Teladoc needs to contest our patents and welcome the patent review, which we never opposed. To be clear – American Well holds the patents and Teladoc is asking for their review. There is no news here.”


The American Telemedicine Association projects there will be 800,000 telehealth consults in the U.S. in 2015; Teladoc is expected to conduct more than 525,000 of those consults, almost twice the amount of the rest of the industry combined. 


Hospitality – How Hotels Cater to Business Travelers

By Abi Mandelbaum — More than two-thirds of American adults now own a smartphone, making mobile technology part of daily life for most travelers. As such, travelers now expect to see mobile technology integrated into their hotel experiences. Gone are the days when offering Wi-Fi at a hotel was enough; travelers are booking hotels, finding travel information, and  controlling every detail of their trips from their smartphones and tablets.

By Abi Mandelbaum

Source: www.hospitalitynet.org

CHICAGO

Hotels in Chicago have been leading the charge on implementing new technologies.

The first Virgin Hotel, which opened in Chicago in January, was designed with tech-savvy travelers in mind. The hotel offers unlimited bandwidth usage on its Wi-Fi network; the patent-pending headboards were ergonomically designed for those working from their beds; and guests check in at a kiosk, via a smartphone app or with a tablet-wielding employee. From the hotel’s mobile app, dubbed Lucy, guests can control their room temperatures, change channels on the TV, order room service, or request items from the front desk.

The Peninsula Chicago is renovating its rooms to include tablet-based technology. When the renovation is completed in April 2016, all rooms will be equipped with a minimum of three Samsung tablets, which will become an integral part of thePeninsula experience. Guests will use the tablets to control room temperature and lighting, watch television, listen to the radio, order room service, and request privacy, among other things.

Provision Interactive Announces Major 3D Retail Kiosk Shipment Milestone

Provision Interactive Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Provision Holding, Inc. announced today, that it has shipped more than 100 3D Savings.

Source: www.nasdaq.com

These first kiosks are being installed in New York and Los Angeles retail locations. Provision’s 3D Savings Center Kiosks generate eye-popping, three dimensional, holographic videos and will include exclusive loyalty card information and promotions.

Upon installation, the kiosks will be integrated with the retailer’s customer loyalty program. This will allow the retailer’s customers to access their account details and load digital coupons to their cards for instant savings at kiosks while in these select stores.

Beacons are harder to deploy than you think

The contextual technology has great promise for all sorts of businesses, but a rollout can be very complex

Source: www.infoworld.com

Key to all these uses: An app detects the beacon, looks up its ID, then acts on that identification. Beacons truly are a great idea, but don’t think you can take advantage of them without serious time, effort, and money,Key to all these uses: An app detects the beacon, looks up its ID, then acts on that identification. Beacons truly are a great idea, but don’t think you can take advantage of them without serious time, effort, and money,

Key to all these uses: An app detects the beacon, looks up its ID, then acts on that identification. Beacons truly are a great idea, but don’t think you can take advantage of them without serious time, effort, and money,

Retail Systems – Adidas body scanner lets you try clothes on virtually

Adidas have trialled a technology which is used by a store assistant to scan a customer’s shape and size and then enable the store assistant to demonstrate how a range of products will look on the customer.

Source: retail-innovation.com

”BodyKinectizer“ is a body scanner based on Microsoft Kinect which enables customers to determine the right size of a product and allows them to dress their virtual body – whether you in a shop or at home. In addition to the in store version, Adidas have also built a version for use within the customer’s home.