About Us

The term "connected health" reflects the range of opportunities for technology-enabled care programs and the potential for new strategies in healthcare delivery.

The Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners HealthCare in Boston, develops innovative and effective solutions for delivering quality patient care outside of the traditional medical setting.  The Center engages in pioneering research in a wide range of connected health-related areas and works to advance the field through its convening and publishing activities. 

Our programs use a combination of remote-monitoring, online communications and intelligence, and technology applications to improve patient adherence, engagement and clinical outcomes.  Participants in our programs are patients and providers at Partners-affiliated practices and hospitals throughout New England.  Our programs are also being offered by large self-insured employers who wish to help employees better manage their health, to contain healthcare spending and to improve productivity and satisfaction.

Partners HealthCare was founded by Brigham and Women's and Massachusetts General Hospitals in 1995.

www.connected-health.org
The Center for Connected Health website is a leading online destination for forward-thinking healthcare providers, policy leaders, and other healthcare executives looking for dynamic coverage of the challenges, opportunities and activities that span the field of connected health.  Lively discussion of best practices, new ideas, and controversial topics, as well as up-to-date information on Center programs, research and products, make the website a go-to source for connected health information.

Partners Online Specialty Consultations (POSC) offers patients and their treating physicians from around the world online access to thousands of leading specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber/Partners Cancer Care.  POSC has helped more than 10,000 patients with a life-threatening or unusual diagnosis to better understand their options, find answers or, simply, have peace of mind that their treatment plan is right for their situation.  Visit econsults.partners.org for more information.

Collaborative Media Services provides video-conferencing and streaming media services that facilitate teaching and learning for clinicians and patients worldwide.  Our expertise includes podcasting and web conferencing, streaming media hosting and cross-platform video on demand.  Visit collaborative-media.partners.org for more information.

 Awards/Recognition

2009: Microsoft Health Users Group Innovation Award finalist - Center for Connected Health and its technology partner, Claricode

2009: ATA Fellows Induct Dr. Joseph Kvedar for his National Leadership in Telehealth

2009: ATA Leadership Award - Dr. Joseph Kvedar for his national Leadership in Telehealth

2008: Microsoft HealthVault's Be Well Fund Recipient - the Center for Connected Health, named at the Second Annual Microsoft HealthVault Solutions Conference

2007: ATA Congerence Award - Shereene Idriss for her poster

2007: Dermatology Department award - Hagit Bergman, MD and Shereene Idriss

2007: MITX Award - Bridgeline Software and the Center for Connected Health

2006: Stockholm Challenge Award - Dr. Joseph Kvedar for Operation Village Health

2003: NEBATA's New England Business and Technology Award - Dr. Joseph Kvedar for Technology Innovation

2000: Microsoft Corporation's Computerworld Smithsonian Award, Category: Medicine - Dr. Joseph Kvedar for Innovation in health care