We’ve seen many examples of how connected health technologies can positively impact care in the US and other regions of the developed world, but many questions remain about the potential value to those living in remote and resource-constrained settings within the developing world.
Monday, March 24, 2008
| Paul Heinzelmann
| 15 Comments
Does the environment of Second Life have the characteristics that appeal to kids and adults with ADHD, Nonverbal Learning Disabilities or Asperger Syndrome? Would it be possible for a person with one of these conditions to learn skills of social interaction that would transfer to the First World?
Monday, February 25, 2008
| Dr. Jerome Schultz
| 7 Comments
Connected health is still in its infancy, but one thing is clear - it has moved beyond the realm of "just research". Programs are scaling to levels of patients served far beyond what was done during research phases. This is leading organizations, including our own Center, to struggle with how scalable is scalable and how reliable is reliable when it comes to these services.
Monday, January 21, 2008
| Doug McClure
| 9 Comments
Are the companies who self-insure for healthcare a better place to start proving new consumer-driven healthcare models than mainstream health payers?
Monday, November 26, 2007
| Malcolm Burwell
| 3 Comments
While HealthVault is not easy to understand, it lays the foundation for a new ecosystem based on the appropriate, free flow of interoperable and transportable personal health information.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
| Vince Kuraitis and Tim Gee
| 5 Comments
I recently met a leadership consultant who defined leadership this way: “Causing what isn’t.” Isn’t this what the connected health community needs to do? But to do it right, we need to share ideas, best practices, ask the tough questions, learn from each other. In that spirit, we are pleased to launch our new website, which is focused more on providing you a platform for discussions, comments, and resources in making connected health a robust reality.
Monday, August 20, 2007
| Joseph Kvedar
| 2 Comments
We have significant problems in healthcare, some of which may be easily solved, others which may take genius working over the course of decades. But we will certainly be best served if we assure that the next generation entering the field are equipped to creatively address the challenges. For this reason, I propose this month’s discussion be dedicated to revolutionizing healthcare through revolutionizing medical education.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
| Jeff Gruen
| 6 Comments
We recently convened an education forum entitled Personal Health Management: Adoption of New Benefits, Tools and Technologies. More than 60 healthcare-focused senior executives from across the country attended the forum. A take-away from the forum is that forward thinking organizations like EMC, IBM and others are developing innovate programs designed to maintain employee healthcare benefits while, curbing costs, informing employees of the true cost of care, and moving toward wellmess and preventative care.
Monday, May 21, 2007
| Joseph Ternullo
| 3 Comments
The current technology landscape is ripe for the emergence of a wide range of distance learning and simulation based medical training. Training can be delivered at the point of need and be implemented in more engaging ways. Are we at the threshold of a revolution in medical education? What are the challenges that remain? Are the challenges more cultural than technical?
Friday, April 27, 2007
| Ramesh Ramloll
| 2 Comments
Why is it still so difficult to gain widespread adoption for telemedical solutions with patients suffering from chronic diseases when the benefits appear so obvious? One potential answer is this. Patients crave intimacy in direct proportion to their inability to get it within the bricks and mortar of our traditional healthcare system.
Monday, April 9, 2007
| Jon Darsee
| 11 Comments
There are some incredible technical health care solutions coming out at the moment. Many are driven by the provider and target specific conditions or age groups but they can appear very medical in their nature. People can find this rather confronting. Using social networking tools, is it possible for us to deliver health solutions that encourage the patient to actively participate in an online environment?
Friday, December 8, 2006
| Sally Lakeman
| 10 Comments
Patients can now be “examined” in their homes, at the gym, during their commute, at random and at scheduled moments of their day. And as access to the patient is broadened, the definition of “provider” subsequently changes.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
| Ateret Haselkorn
| 4 Comments
One of the most memorable moments from the Connected Health Symposium occurred during a panel I lead on the voice of the patient. Perhaps the most dramatic story was told by Gene Sacco, whose 20 year old son, dying of cancer at the time, spent 12 hours waiting in a doctor’s office only to be told that the test he was there to discuss was inconclusive and that they would need to visit again in a week after a better imaging study. After hearing this and other similar studies, John Henderson, proclaimed that a new metric for health care should be considered – Return on Time Invested (ROTI). This was an a-ha moment for me, and I think others in the session.
Friday, October 6, 2006
| Joseph Kvedar
| 9 Comments
The adoption of the technology for connected-health is one element of deeper changes in the care model, which will require cultural and behavioral change on the part of all players – patients, providers, payers, and policy makers. This cultural context implies a set of risks for technology adoption. This forum will address the factors that encourage or obstruct the implementation of connected-health technologies.
Monday, September 25, 2006
| Neil Wasserman
| 3 Comments
Welcome to the Behavioral Telehealth discussion forum. We look forward to your posting comments and questions here.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
| Steven Locke
| 5 Comments
The Monitor Group recently convened a group of thought leaders with particular interest in the implications of Telemedicine. The group came up with three possible scenarios for the future of Telemedicine. Then, for each scenario, the group determined risks and opportunities for different stakeholders and created a roadmap of how Telemedicine is likely to evolve.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
| Ashok Boghani
| 14 Comments
So this is my concern: as telemedicine moves care farther and farther away from the physician’s “hands” will the people who really have the ability to decide yes or no be willing to say “yes” for their patients?
Friday, May 5, 2006
| Kathy Duckett
| 4 Comments
Can a model for connected health be developed where "re-creation" or "re-programming" or other "re-work" can be minimized as models and device characteristics change? In the end, what will we carry?
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
| Ravi Nemana
| 7 Comments
While many are looking to the new technologies of connected health to improve health care, history suggests that this may be the beginning of a new world of healthcare, complete with new roles, different institutions and players, and a reallocation of power, costs, and benefits. In this world, connected health may be a better way to conduct the business of health.
Friday, March 17, 2006
| Joseph Coughlin
| 6 Comments
In our quest to deliver health care to patients at the point of need and at the time of need, we should take a careful look at the utility of consumer-grade technologies.
| Joseph Kvedar
| 7 Comments