CES chief Gary Shapiro: 'There's not enough experimentation in healthcare'

As president and CEO of the Computer Technology Association, Gary Shapiro has witnessed three decades of technological developments. CTA after all, runs CES, the largest consumer electronics conference, which also features the growing Digital Health Summit. Shapiro is also an author, most recently of Ninja Future: Secrets to Success in the New World of Innovation, for which he conducted a book signing at HIMSS19 in Orlando in February. I spoke with Shapiro after the global conference about how he sees digital health evolving – the challenges and opportunities, as well as the greatest threat to innovation in healthcare and elsewhere. Q. You have a perhaps unique perspective as head of CES on consumerism and digital health, relative to those of us who are watching startups and innovators – not to mention big tech titans – bring their apps, devices and other technology into healthcare. So from the view of someone on the other side of the consumer tech space, how do you see digital health evolving?