ANDOVER, Mass., June 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global
leader in health technology, today announced it has been recognized
as Best Overall MedTech Company by the 2018 MedTech Breakthrough
Awards, which also recognized Philips SmartSleep as Best Sleep
Monitoring Solution. Over the last few years, Philips has
evolved into a health technology company, focused on delivering
solutions that can improve people's lives across the health
continuum, including healthy living and prevention.
Introduced at CES in 2018, the Philips SmartSleep solution is aimed
at helping those who sleep less than 7 hours a night, get deeper,
more restful sleep.
As health systems move towards value-based care, Philips has
been working closely with them to develop solutions in diagnostic
imaging, image guided therapy, and oncology, among other areas, to
help improve the patient and staff experience. In addition,
to SmartSleep, Philips has been developed meaningful clinical
innovations, such as Philips Azurion, Philips Intellispace
Enterprise Edition, and Philips Elition to improve workflows and
help improve patient outcomes.
"At Philips, we're are working closely with our partners to
create connected solutions that can achieve seamless care, helping
them to provide the quality patient care their communities expect,
while delivering on our goal of improving the lives of three
billion people a year by 2025," said Vitor
Rocha, CEO of Philips North America. "Being honored by our
industry peers with the MedTech Breakthrough Awards for Best
Overall MedTech Company and Philips SmartSleep validates our
strategy and confirms that our digital health solutions are being
recognized by those who understand what is needed in order to
move the healthcare industry forward."
Philips SmartSleep: Best Sleep Monitoring Solution of
2018
Philips SmartSleep is the world's only wearable
solution that is clinically-proven to improve deep sleep quality
for people who do not get enough sleep due to lifestyle. SmartSleep
is the latest addition to Philips' growing portfolio of smart
digital platforms and intelligent solutions that connect people,
technology and data to give consumers data-driven insights into
their health and access to professional expertise and advice.
MedTech Breakthrough recognizes companies, products and people
developing innovative solutions for today's health, fitness and
medical technology industries. The awards for Best Overall MedTech
Company and Best Sleep Monitoring Solution reaffirm Philips'
leading role in developing digital health technologies that move
the needle on solving today's global population health
challenges.
Learn more at Philips.com/SmartSleep.
For further information, please contact:
Silvie Casanova
Philips North America
Tel.: 781-879-0692
E-mail: silvie.casanova@philips.com
About Royal
Philips
Royal Philips
(NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a leading health technology company
focused on improving people's health and enabling better outcomes
across the health continuum from healthy living and prevention, to
diagnosis, treatment and home care. Philips leverages advanced
technology and deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver
integrated solutions. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a leader in
diagnostic imaging, image-guided therapy, patient monitoring and
health informatics, as well as in consumer health and home care.
Philips' health technology portfolio generated 2017 sales of
EUR 17.8 billion and employs
approximately 74,000 employees with sales and services in more than
100 countries. News about Philips can be found at
http://www.philips.com/newscenter.
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