2006 Archive
Friday, December 08, 2006
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Mass High Tech
"A growing demand for robotics in health care delivery -- and robotics firms in New England are responding by delivering to market medical products that not only assist in surgical procedures but also help with rehabilitation."
Friday, December 01, 2006
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Telemedicine and e-Health Journal
The objective of this study was to evaluate willingness-to-pay stated preferences for telemedicine versus in-person clinic visits in patients with a history of psoriasis or melanoma.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
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E-Health Insider
"Partners Telemedicine, a US based telecare provider, have told a conference that patients should be encouraged to use ‘self care’ telehealth products."
Monday, November 13, 2006
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MTB Europe
This article summarizes some of the major points made in the new book, Home Telehealth: Connecting Care within the Community, edited by Richard Wootton, Centre for Online Health, Queensland, Australia, Susan L. Dimmick, adjunct associate professor, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, and Joseph C. Kvedar, M.D., founder and director, Partners Telemedicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
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HealthBlog
Read Dr. Bill Crounse's popular blog on HealthBlog. In the Nov 7 installment he talks about "5 Trends that will Shake the World (of healthcare)" and also Dr. Kvedar's recent discussion on a metric for connected health success, ROTI.
Monday, November 06, 2006
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Drug Topics
Partners Telemedicine's 2006 symposium in the news: "Advances in telehealth could enable senior citizens to remain living independently longer without the need for full-time care. That was one of the primary messages presented at Connected Health—Empowering Care Through Communication Technologies. An innovative role for the pharmacist was highlighted in one presentation as a key component to making this connection between technology and quality health care."
Friday. October 27, 2007
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Consumer Health World Blog
Dr. Kvedar is the guest blogger this week on the Consumer Health World Blog. Read and comment on his post, "Technology is an impetus for change in consumer healthcare behavior."
Sunday, October 15, 2006
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Genetic Engineering News
"The concept of connected health, or telemedicine, extends healthcare beyond the traditional confines of hospitals and doctors’ offices to our everyday surroundings. The availability of technology in the home, our aging population, and the dramatic increase of patients with chronic diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, and obesity, are some of the factors fueling increased interest and growth in connected health."
Monday, October 09, 2006
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E-Health Insider
Partners Telemedicine's 2006 symposium in the news: UK IT trade body Intellect announces that it will start a telehealth group.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
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InformationWeek
"Hypertension patients participating in a new telemedicine drug study will soon be seeing glowing colors. No, the changing hues aren't a side effect of the medicine, but rather a reminder for high-blood pressure patients to take their daily pills."
Sunday, October 01, 2006
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Healthcare IT News
"The orb knows. What Joseph Kvedar, MD, wants to know is whether the fact that the orb knows will prompt patients to adhere to their medication regimen."
Monday, September 04, 2006
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e-Health Insider
"A US software development company is conducting research to see if using a "flashing orb" on a pill box could improve medication adherence among patients. Partners Healthcare Telemedicine Group (PHTG) has appointed software developers Claricode Inc to test whether using a coloured flashing light on a Smart Pillbox, connected to a mobile phone network, would remind patients to take their medicine."
September, 2006
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HealthLeaders Magazine
"Just how far can interactive online patient care technology go? Much, much further than merely booking appointments and retrieving lab results, some say. A handful of pioneers are in the early stages of conducting “e-visits”—online interactions between physicians and patients that may one day supplant routine office visits."
September, 2006
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Managed Healthcare Executive
"Clever approaches can help patients adhere to drug regimens, and managed care organizations are increasingly adopting the technologies that enable those approaches. Partners Telemedicine, based in Boston, has created a successful link between an electronic medication container and a feedback device."
Friday, September 01, 2006
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HomeCare Magazine
"Had you been able to witness Jetson patriarch George ease into his elder years, perhaps you would have noticed some futuristic home medical equipment decorating his space-age apartment. How about a medicine dispenser that leaves a message on George's boy Elroy's and daughter Judy's cell phones when old George forgets to take his morning pills? And there, on the nightstand, a glowing orb that shows George he needs to take his medicine?"
Monday, August 21, 2006
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Drug Topics
"More and more pharmacists are practicing telepharmacy—that is, using technology to provide pharmacy services to patients from a distance."
Thursday, August 10, 2006
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Genetic Engineering News Podcast
Joseph C. Kvedar, MD from Partners Telemedicine talks with GEN's Editor-in-Chief John Sterling about telemedicine applications in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
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BenefitNews.com
"The term telemedicine tends to conjure up images of interactive video-based patient care, usually involving an academic-center-based specialist and a rural hospital. Yet telemedicine - which encompasses the concept of connectivity in health care - is much more, embracing patient-provider online communications, remote lifestyle feedback and home monitoring of patients with chronic diseases"
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
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BenefitNews.com
"After years of trying to close the circuit on telemedicine, a broad coalition of public and private enterprises are laboring to get their online agendas on the same homepage. With reimbursement programs imminent, key plan providers are beginning to get the message."
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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The Boston Globe
"For the past month, 82-year-old Salvatore Fischer has been getting a daily check-up in his North End apartment. But instead of a visiting nurse, his healthcare provider is a compact touch-screen monitor that would look right at home in the Jetsons' kitchen."
Thursday, June 15, 2006
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The Monitor Group
White paper from the Monitor Group. How will the development of telemedicine play out? What scenarios are likely? What opportunities are going to be created? What risks? For whom? Read a summary of our discussions at a workshop implications of telemedicine.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
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The EE Times
Dr. Kvedar of Partners Telemedicine explains some of the new group's goals for health and technology.
Friday, May 12, 2006
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Mass High Tech
Mass High Tech reports on companies testing remote patient-care technology.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
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Wireless Doc
The "Wireless Doc" reports on how Partners Telemedicine is in the active pursuit of the "creative deconstruction of healthcare."
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
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The Financial Times and The Monitor Group
This survey on the future of telemedicine was developed to explore when Telemedicine will create a major impact, what barriers stand in its way, and what are enablers that will push its development along.
Monday, May 08, 2006
Partners Telemedicine is presenting several ongoing clinical studies demonstrating the value of telemedicine and connected health during the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) annual conference this week. Data presented highlight how consumer technology can deliver medical care to the home.
Monday, May 08, 2006
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RSM Press
"Home Telehealth: Connecting Care within the Community," published by RSM Press, was released today at the American Telemedicine Association’s 11th Annual International Meeting. Edited by Dr. Joseph Kvedar, founder of Partners Telemedicine and past president of the American Telemedicine Association, "Home Telehealth" provides a comprehensive review of the medical treatments that can now take place in the home thanks to advances in telemedicine technology.
Monday, February 27, 2006
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PR Newswire
Partners Home Care has announced that it will partner with ViTel Net Inc. to bring telemonitoring services to the agency's patients. Telemonitoring has been shown to enhance patients' quality of life and improve health outcomes while reducing emergency room visits and hospitalizations.
Monday, February 20, 2006
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Network World
Telemedicine initiatives are saving lives and cutting costs. Partners HealthCare's heart failure monitoring, telestroke, and other telemedicine initiatives are profiled here, describing how these programs bring healthcare closer to our patients.
Monday, February 13, 2006
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The Boston Globe
The SIMPill bottle is currently part of a Connected Health Initiative clinical trial, assessing its impact on medication compliance for hypertensive patients. The SIMPill bottle detects whether the bottle has been opened, and its built-in cellphone mechanism sends a message to a central server.