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related information, it could be fall related information, but
more intelligent, meaning that we would always attach addi-
tional pieces of data into that specific event, like location or
recent device activity," she said.
Working with the cloud also helps
Nortek Security & Control integrate with
its monitoring partners, Herranen said.
Adams also mentioned the value cloud
integration has with the ability to give an
end user's physician a collection of medical
information from over a period of time.
Over the past several years, mobile PERS
devices have had a bigger presence in the
market and Wearable Health Solutions'
Adams predicts the market will shift more
to mPERS solutions. "While there's still a huge market for the
[home-based] unit … I believe that it's just a matter of time
before it has to be more [of] a mobile thing," he said.
Bangerter sees mPERS' presence in the market, but doesn't
think that in-home units will diminish. "There's a lot of talk
and buzz about cellular and mobile PERS—as there should
be, because it's a growing market. But, there's also still a very
great, high demand for in-home cellular based units and in-
home landline PERS units, and the peripherals that come
with that like fall detection and smoke detectors and active
monitoring," said Bangerter.
Herranen sees the mobile PERS market growing faster than
for traditional PERS, and doesn't expect that to change, though
there will still be a market for both solutions. "We feel that the
most likely scenario will be that people start with mobile PERS
when they are younger and still on the move a lot," Herranen
said. "But, eventually, they might actually move directly to the
… stationary home-based PERS solutions."
Home-based PERS come with some convenience factors,
such as lighter wearables, Herranen said, which continue to
promote stationary systems.
"While mobile PERS is certainly accelerating, we still see the
vast majority of PERS users desiring devices for inside their
home," American Two-Way's Baskin said. "When you look
at … the typical person that is using a PERS device, or that
needs a PERS device, that person is generally with someone
when they are not in the home."
New features have been brought into mPERS devices such
as fall detection, Herranen noted, which gives dealers more
RMR opportunities and more benefits to end users. "There's
definitely still room for improvement in terms of accuracy
[with fall detection]," Herranen said.
Adding health tracking can open up the market for PERS
and mPERS devices, outside of seniors, "for anyone who
wants [to add] personal safety and wellness information in
their life," Herranen said.
Baskin also highlighted mPERS as a key technological
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