2007 Archive
Friday, December 14, 2007
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Mass High Tech
The high cost of robotics has deterred Partners HealthCare System from testing the technology in patients' homes, said Joseph Kvedar, director of Partners' Center for Connected Health.
Friday, November 23, 2007
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Mass High Tech
Opportunities exist for the Center for Connected Health to work with Verizon to enable remote care of patients with improved video and faster Internet exchanges.
Friday, November 23, 2007
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Mass High Tech
The Center for Connected Health recently participated in CIMIT's 2007 Innovation Congress.
Monday, November 5, 2007
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NextGenWeb
We are at the tipping point for adoption of an exciting, refreshing new way of providing health care – Connected Health. Since we all have such a personal stake in health care (we are all patients at some point in our lives), this is directly relevant to all of us. Connected health is about bringing care to you the patient, wherever you are and just in time – when you need it.
Monday, November 5, 2007
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NextGenWeb
NextGenWeb spoke with Dr. Joseph Kvedar and Doug McClure at the Center for Connected Health. Watch the video here.
Friday, November 2, 2007
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Mass High Tech
The Center for Connected Health plans to conduct a novel clinical trial on its recently acquired "island" in Second Life. The trial is expected to show whether patients can learn stress-reduction techniques during sessions in the virtual world.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
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PRNewswire
The Center for Connected Health is bridging the gap between the real world and the virtual 'metaverse' that is Second Life, with the first real-time, interactive healthcare conference to take place in both worlds.
October 2007
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ADVANCE for Health Information Executives
Linking the patient and caregiver through non-traditional media, such as Web sites, e-mail, video streaming and cell phones, can address some of the pressing needs facing patients and providers. (Note: article is located near the bottom of the page on ADVANCE's web site)
October 2007
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MHIMA e-Channel
Dr. Joseph Kvedar authored this article on how connected health is advancing a new model of care, using consumer, web, and monitoring and adherence technologies to deliver quality patient care, reduce costs and increase efficiencies.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
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HealthNex
Dr. Joseph Kvedar is the guest blogger this week on HealthNex. "Adherence to medical care plans is really about behavior change, which makes it difficult to successfully implement and value."
Summer 2007
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info.sys@partners
The 35 members of the staff of the Center for Connected Health (formerly Partners Telemedicine) in many ways represent the future of medicine. Why? Because they are formulating what may become real answers to three watershed problems in health care: demand for quality medical care, availability of trained health care providers, and the rising cost of health care delivery.
Monday, July 16, 2007
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HealthNex
Dr. Joseph Kvedar is the guest blogger this week on HealthNex. "In the last 12 years since I’ve been involved in the world of connected health, I’ve strived to read at least one important book each summer, while on holiday. In theory, this keeps one’s mind off of the Blackberry and enables transformative thinking in one’s approach to organizational leadership and strategy."
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
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iHealthBeat
Using basic technology and the expertise of volunteer U.S. physicians, a telemedicine program launched in 2001 by Partners HealthCare System's Center for Connected Health has boosted the access to and quality of care delivered to patients in Cambodia, as well as educating physicians in both countries.
Friday, June 01, 2007
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Partners Rounds
Quality, access, and cost. That these three legs of the health care stool never seem to be secure at the same time – if two are stable, the other is wobbly – is the essence of much of the debate about health care in this country. By using communications technologies to develop new models of care, however, “there is some evidence that we can do all three,” said Joseph Kvedar, M.D.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
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HealthNex
Guest Blogger: Connected Health's Director Dr. Joseph Kvedar - HealthNex, Thursday, May 31, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007
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The Wall Street Journal Health Journal Forum
"Studies show as few as 50% of patients take their medicine on a regular basis. Drug companies are offering incentives and reminders, and electronic pill boxes can help patients remember to take their medicine." Dr. Joseph Kvedar posted his thoughts on the subject, what are your thoughts?
Friday, May 18, 2007
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Harvard Focus
"Residents of two remote Cambodian villages now have access to HMS-affiliated hospitals and physicians—and the expertise and experience that go with them—without the use of airline tickets or visas. Clinicians in both countries are using readily available technology to connect rural Cambodians, many of whom have never seen a doctor before, with local physicians volunteering in the Partners HealthCare Center for Connected Health."
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
The Center for Connected Health presented data from six new studies, demonstrating how Internet technology is improving patient satisfaction, disease management and medical education, during the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) annual conference this week.
Friday, May 4, 2007
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Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
Operation Village Health is featured as part of the new exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
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Managed Healthcare Executive
"The current healthcare delivery model is under pressure, which has many anticipating an alternative model of care that places greater emphasis on technologically advanced in-home care and monitoring."
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
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Straight Talk
The system of caring for people - the chronically ill, the elderly or even the fitness buff - is reactive, expensive and cumbersome. But a new paradigm of care, called connected health, promises to reduce costs and improve quality by working with patients proactively.
Monday, April 30, 2007
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The Health Care Blog
Listen to The Health Care Blog's Matthew Holt's interview with Dr. Joseph Kvedar as he discusses the promise of using technology to improve health and reduce costs of the very sickest patients--and the roadblocks and incentives along the way.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
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The Health Care Blog
Read Joseph Kvedar's editorial on The Health Care Blog: "Connected health is the use of messaging and monitoring technologies to bring care to where the patient is, when the patient needs it. This approach has enormous opportunity to increase quality while lowering the overall cost of care. Early returns on this approach are quite encouraging. We are starting to weave connected health into the fabric of our health care system, with good results."
Friday, April 06, 2007
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Mass High Tech
"Partners Healthcare System Inc., the largest health-care provider in Massachusetts, is gearing up for a clinical trial of the computer program through its Center for Connected Health. The study aims to determine whether Laura, a virtual weight-loss coach, can help obese people to become more active and lose weight."
Friday, April 06, 2007
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NECN
The largest healthcare provider in Mass. is turning to Laura, a virtual weight loss coach. Ryan McBride of Mass High Tech joins with more information.
Monday, April 02, 2007
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For The Record
"Determining the best way to provide prompt medical attention coupled with saving time and money is critical to deliver quality patient care. It is the essence of this attitude that helps define where telemedicine fits in today’s healthcare system."
Sunday, April 01, 2007
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MDNG
MDNG spoke with Joseph Kvedar, MD, who explained that “remote health monitoring involves the use of sensor technologies, primarily to gather physiologic information about patients that allows care providers, as well as patients, to make decisions about the care without actually being in the same room.”
Thursday, March 29, 2007
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Ivanhoe Broadcast News
"Twenty-five percent of the time, people don't take their medication because they have forgotten. It's particularly difficult [to remember to take medication] for conditions where you don't have physical symptoms, like high blood pressure and high cholesterol," dermatologist Dr. Joseph Kvedar said. Now, Kvedar is studying a new system that uses an electronic pillbox and a color-changing globe to help people remember whether they have taken their daily dose of medication.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
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Radio Health Journal
Listen to an interview with Dr. Joseph Kvedar as he discusses eVisits and other applications of connected health technology. MP3 courtesy of Radio Health Journal and MediaTracks Communications.
Monday, March 05, 2007
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WBUR FM Radio
"House calls are a rarity in medicine these days but now there's a movement to bring doctors back into the house but in a new capacity." Listen to the story here.
Saturday, March 03, 2007
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The Boston Globe
The Center for Connected Health is teaming up with EMC to launch a randomized, controlled trial to measure the effectiveness of an employee self-management system for hypertension.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
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Managed Healthcare Executive
Older adults vulnerable to multiple chronic conditions thrive in broader DM programs.
Friday, February 02, 2007
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Mass High Tech
"What's in a name? Ask Joseph Kvedar, the Harvard Medical School dermatologist who founded the telemedicine division of Partners Healthcare in 1995. Kvedar and his colleagues recently changed the name of their group from Partners Telemedicine to the Partners Center for Connected Health."
Thursday, February 01, 2007
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Health Data Management
A program to capture wound images on mobile devices keeps improving through trial and error.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Partners HealthCare today announced that it is expanding its commitment to connected health technologies to help increase patient access to quality medical care.
Monday, January 01, 2007
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Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare
Read the proceedings from the 3rd annual Connected Health Symposium, published in the January/February 2007 issue of Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare.