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Improving Lives with Digital Healthcare 22 Interviewer: How is Molex PCS responding to some of these mega software trends? Mike Deppe: Molex PCS is in a position to provide both the hardware and the software. With our internal mechanical engineering and electrical engineering teams, Molex PCS can offer a great advantage to our customers by integrating and supporting both the hardware and software elements across the board. It's the team that we have within PCS that differentiates and makes the difference. To fully support our customers' needs from a design aspect, our processing capabilities, and our global manufacturing footprint, which allows us to deliver competitive solutions. Having all those facets co-located within one business unit to support our customers' custom and modified medical needs will enable us to separate and differentiate within the market. Interviewer: What are some trends that Molex PCS is seeing in this part of the industry? Mike Deppe: There are several trends that Molex PCS is identifying around patient comfort. Patient comfort may include ensuring that the typically bulky and rigid electronics are designed to be more easily applied flexibly and comfortably on the patient. Lowering mass, increasing flexibility, extending battery life, reducing power consumption, and the like are essential criteria. Molex PCS is also seeing noticeable changes in patient compliance. Patient compliance describes the degree to which a patient correctly follows medical advice. It most commonly refers to medication or drug compliance, but it can also apply to other situations such as medical device use, self-care, self-directed exercises, or therapy sessions. It is desired by all that patients or healthcare users follow the adherence guidance provided by the medical professionals. This is to ensure that the patient is receiving the highest quality care possible. Molex PCS delivers solutions that help healthcare professionals track and observe precisely how well their patients are complying and following the medical recommendations. Finally, another trend that Molex PCS is following is related to software integration. Medical devices have traditionally been mechanical hardware. However, with more and more electronics being incorporated and added to these devices, it requires more software integration. In conclusion, Molex PCS is seeing three (3) different types of megatrends occurring in this space: Patient comfort, patient compliance, and software integration. "Molex PCS delivers solutions that help healthcare professionals track and observe precisely how well their patients are complying."