SAN FRANCISCO, Sept, 14, 2015
/PRNewswire/ -- Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG AEX: PHIA) today
announced details around its participation in the Dreamforce 2015
conference in San Francisco,
Calif. September 15-18,
demonstrating its commitment to help transform health care into a
seamless and people-centric experience throughout the full health
continuum. As the Manufacturing Featured Partner at the Salesforce
Customer Showcase, Philips will demonstrate the power of connecting
consumer and health devices, including mobile applications and
lighting, to help consumers develop healthier habits for life.
Building on the strategic alliance announced with Salesforce
last year, Philips will also showcase how its deep consumer and
clinical knowledge and IT capabilities combined with Salesforce's
customer relations management platform enable meaningful
data-driven, clinical innovations. With the goal of helping
patients and caregivers work together in new and connected ways to
make more confident health and lifestyle-related decisions, Philips
will premiere a robust digital health solution to improve care for
the nearly 400 million diabetes patients worldwide and their
caregivers.
"The digital health revolution is empowering consumers to take
more control of their personal health and wellness, and data from
connected devices is giving us deeper insights into how we can
approach population health management, especially for those people
living with chronic disease," said Jeroen Tas, CEO, Healthcare
Informatics Solutions and Services, Philips. "By securely
connecting patient-gathered information to clinical data and
turning this into actionable information, we're helping promote
better self-management and, potentially, improve overall patient
health."
Philips executives will also be on site at Dreamforce
participating in sessions and keynote presentations, including:
- Salesforce Customer Theater Keynote: Connecting Patients
& Providers for Continuous Care – On Thursday, September 17 at 9:30 a.m. PDT, Jeroen Tas and Lucien Engelen,
director REshape Innovation Center at Radboud university medical
center, will discuss how health care and technology are merging to
enable improved care and will demonstrate Philips' new prototype in
partnership with Radboudumc and Salesforce.
- Health and Life Sciences Salesforce Industry Breakout:
Innovate in Life Sciences: Connect with Patients to Drive Brand
Loyalty – On Thursday, September
17 at 11:00 a.m. PDT, Tas and
Engelen will address how chronic conditions, particularly Type 1
diabetes, affects individuals and how technology and collaboration
can improve their care.
- Dreamforce LIVE – On Friday,
September 18 at 9:25 a.m. PDT,
Tas and Engelen will participate in a panel interview with
Joshua Newman, MD, GM and Chief
Medical Officer for Salesforce. Livestreamed via the Dreamforce
LIVE channel, the executives will discuss the new prototype that
will be demonstrated during the Salesforce Customer Theater
Keynote.
For more information on Philips' presence at Dreamforce and its
efforts to support a new era in connected care for consumers,
patients and health providers as health care continues to move
outside the hospital, visit www.philips.com/dreamforce and follow
the #DF15 conversation at @PhilipsLiveFrom.
For further information, please contact:
Kathy O'Reilly
Philips Group Communications
(o) 978-659-2638 (mobile) 978-221-8919
Kathy.oreilly@philips.com
Twitter: @kathyoreilly
About Royal
Philips
Royal Philips
(NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a diversified health and well-being
company, focused on improving people's lives through meaningful
innovation in the areas of Healthcare, Consumer Lifestyle and
Lighting. Headquartered in the
Netherlands, Philips posted 2014 sales of EUR 21.4 billion and employs approximately
106,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100
countries. The company is a leader in cardiac care, acute care and
home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new
lighting applications, as well as male shaving and grooming and
oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at
www.philips.com/newscenter.
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