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Mobile and portable connected devices will be hot items at the Digital Health Summit. The premiere event will be part of the larger 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. But other technology-based products will also be available, according to Karen Chupka, a senior vice president with the Consumer Electronics Association. She noted that attendees can expect to be see the latest innovations in medication monitoring equipment, telehealth, remote monitoring, secured wireless devices — and more. More than 2,700 exhibitors will participate in the CES, which runs Jan. 10-13 in Las Vegas.