In the News
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
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Microsoft
Read and watch a video case study about how the Center for Connected Health created a flexible technology platform to help patients manage chronic conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, outside traditional medical facilities.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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NextGenWeb
Included in NextGenWeb's favorite interviews of 2009 is an interview with Dr. Joe Kvedar, Director of the Center for Connected Health.
Monday, December 21, 2009
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American Medical News
A diagnostic laboratory, complete with an image reader and microscope, can fit into your back pocket. Smartphones -- rapidly being adopted by physicians for transferring medical information -- are turning into clinical tools.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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mobihealthnews
Close to 70 percent of parents with children who have Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes had a “very positive” review of a mobile phone glucometer prototype that Partners Healthcare’s Center for Connected Health developed.
Monday, December 14, 2009
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The Boston Globe
The WiFi Body Scale from Withings not only charts the ups and downs of your body mass index on a password-protected Web site, but it can send out info about your morning weigh-in to all your followers on Twitter. Dr. Joseph Kvedar is currently using the scale and has his readings linked to his Twitter account, @jkvedar.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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Harvard Business Review
The Center for Connected Health has been creating modules that employers can offer to workers who have a chronic condition that bears close watching but who report to work each day and do the things that need to be done.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
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PR Newswire
In a recent study conducted by the Center for Connected Health, new data revealed that parents of children with diabetes were receptive to using novel health technology – such as a mobile phone that could collect and transmit the child’s blood sugar readings to a doctor – to help manage their child’s diabetes. This study was published in the November issue of the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology (Volume 3, Issue 6, November 2009).
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
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About.com Guide to Cell Phones
When we last discussed how cell phones could help people with diabetes in June 2008, the conversation centered around how the need for finger pricking could be reduced or eliminated using mobile technology. A new study was released today by the Center for Connected Health that says parents of kids with diabetes are very receptive to using cell phones to help manage their child's diabetes.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
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PR Newswire
A recent study conducted by the Center for Connected Health found that text messaging is an innovative, low-cost and effective way to improve the daily use of sunscreen, and this technology may have important implications for larger-scale public health initiatives.
November/December 2009
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Government Health IT
When people talk about health IT the picture that most often comes to mind is of computers, the Internet and full-fledged systems, such as electronic health records and telemedicine. But the tool that may have the biggest impact on health IT is far more ubiquitous: the cell phone.
November 2009
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Archives of Dermatology
The Center for Connected Health conducted a randomized, controlled trial investigating the effect of an electronic text-message reminder system on adherence to sunscreen application.
Monday, November 23, 2009
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The Boston Globe
Text messaging is an effective tool for reminding patients to use sunscreen, as demonstrated by a study conducted by the Center for Connected Health.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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Mass High Tech
Joseph Kvedar, MD, Director of the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare, won a Mass High Tech All-Star award for 2009 in the health care category. Find out his views on approaching opportunities in health care.
Friday, October 30, 2009
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Mass High Tech
Dr. Joseph Kvedar was honored last night as a Mass High Tech All-Star, 15 individuals who have made a significant impact in the New England Innovation economy. Dr. Kvedar was recognized for his contributions to the field of healthcare.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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FierceMobile Healthcare
The Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare System in Boston has received a $25,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to expand a text-messaging pilot program for high-risk pregnant women.
Monday, October 26, 2009
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HealthBlawg
Nice summary about the 2009 Connected Health Symposium by David Harlow of the HealthBlawg.
Friday, October 23, 2009
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NextGenWeb
Watch an interview with Dr. Joe Kvedar - topics discussed include the Net neutrality issue and the need for continued integration of technology into America’s health care system.
Friday, October 23, 2009
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Aging in Place Technology Watch
At the 2009 Connected Health Symposium, attendee spirits were no doubt bolstered by not-yet-finalized health legislation that includes a large dosage of technology 'stuff', the stimulus dollars which included a staggering $17 billion for health-related tech spending.
Friday, October 23, 2009
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Xconomy
Partners HealthCare’s Center for Connected Health is holding its sixth big Connected Health Symposium in Boston this week, and there’s definitely more optimism here that information technology is becoming more mainstream in healthcare than in years past.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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mobihealthnews
Some estimates peg about 50 percent of health care problems on bad genetics or accidents, the Director of the Connected Health Center, Dr. Joseph Kvedar noted during his closing remarks at the Connected Health Symposium in Boston on Wednesday.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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mobihealthnews
At the Connected Health Symposium here in Boston this week, Keas announced a new care plan partner: The Center for Connected Health and its parent company Partners HealthCare has added its own care plan, which is centered on monitoring exercise.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Healthcare IT News
Patient engagement is the secret to better health – and the Internet is making that easy, said Joseph Kvedar, MD at the 2009 Connected Health Symposium.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Telecare Aware
Telecare Aware reported from the 6th annual Connected Health Symposium and you can read an extensive write up about the 2-day event.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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Telecare Aware
Telecare Aware reported from the 6th annual Connected Health Symposium and you can read an extensive write up about the 2-day event.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
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The Boston Globe
The 2009 Connected Health Symposium will explore ways consumer devices can help us heal.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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healthspottr
Within the administration's health reform agenda, its strategy for modernizing the healthcare system by sponsoring a widespread implementation of EMRs is admirable, and necessary, but also terribly insufficient. The good news is that there are alternatives to a full scale EMR implementation, like “connected health” tools.
Monday, September 21, 2009
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mobihealthnews
“The time for connected health really is now,” The Center for Connected Health’s Founder and Director Dr. Joseph Kvedar told attendees during a presentation at MassMEDIC last week.
Friday, September 18, 2009
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Healthcare IT News
A patient-centered and coordinated approach to healthcare could save billions, according to a survey of leading healthcare providers, patients, payers and technology leaders. The survey, released today by the Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC) and Cambridge Consultants, a technology product design and development firm, shows that a focus on patient well-being will improve overall health outcomes.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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NextGenWeb
For over a month now the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been holding a series of panel discussions meant to contribute to the national broadband strategy due to Congress early next year. As we think about a comprehensive broadband strategy, no discussion would be complete without emphasizing the role broadband is playing in revolutionizing America’s health care system.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
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Telemedicine and e-Health
Dr. Joseph Kvedar gathered a group of Symposium speakers to discuss the upcoming Connected Health Symposium and the state of healthcare in these extraordinary times.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
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HealthLeaders Media
Health leaders, including Dr. Joseph Kvedar, offer their perspectives on President Obama's speech to Congress on Wednesday about a comprehensive health reform bill.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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Center for Connected Health
Mass High Tech, The Journal of New England Technology, announced that Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, founder and director of the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare, is among the recipients of its 2009 All-Star Awards. Now in their 14th year, the All-Star Awards recognize 15 dynamic and influential leaders of New England’s innovation economy.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
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California HealthCare Foundation
This report describes some of the online and mobile platforms and applications that can assist patients in managing their health care — not only at home, but almost anywhere else outside their clinician's office. Sources include extensive interviews with stakeholders in the field, whose experiences and views are presented throughout the report. Dr. Joe Kvedar was interviewed for the report.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
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Network World
One important aspect of increased mobile data speeds will be their impact on the mobile "telehealth" devices that doctors are increasingly using to keep track of their patients' conditions.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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Wired.co.uk
Joseph C. Kvedar, director of the Centre for Connected Health in Boston, says that Twitter has proved useful tool for contacting large numbers of people quickly: "It’s a bit like having a group of people you can instantly send a blast fax or blast email or a blast communication to because it’s real time and because it was designed for mobility."
Monday, August 24, 2009
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Telemedicine and e-Health
Twitter is emerging as a potentially valuable means of real-time, on-the-go communication of healthcare information and medical alerts.
Monday, August 24, 2009
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USA TODAY
Modern medicine is taking to Twitter. In a report in Telemedicine and e-Health, medical writer Mark Terry notes that doctors, hospitals and health agencies have started to deliver medicine via Tweet.
Friday, August 21, 2009
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Mass High Tech
Dr. Joseph Kvedar has been named as the recipient of the 2009 Mass High Tech All-Star award in Health Care. Now in their 14th year, the All-Star Awards recognize 15 dynamic and influential leaders of New England’s innovation economy.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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InformationWeek
Dr. Joseph Kvedar wrote this piece for InformationWeek on his thoughts about health reform and connected health.
Monday, August 17, 2009
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American Medical News
The growing importance of telemedicine in healthcare necessitates multiple state licenses for physicians.
Friday, August 7, 2009
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mobihealthnews
In a wide-ranging interview with Mobihealthnews, the Center for Connected Health’s Founder and Director Dr. Joseph Kvedar recently discussed the center’s various wireless health programs, belief in text messages for healthcare, assessment of the likely early adopters of wireless health services and the need to not lose sight of the challenges facing this emerging industry.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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NextGenWeb
In an effort to showcase the role broadband is playing in the national health care debate, NextGenWeb is in Boston today to participate in a pre-conference meant to tease the Center for Connected Health’s annual symposium held each October.
Friday, July 17, 2009
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Science Progress
Dr. Joe Kvedar wrote this piece on the intersection of connected health and healthcare reform.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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Xconomy
The healthcare industry is facing a shakeup in the way it uses information technology, and this is creating all sorts of opportunities for entrepreneurs in New England.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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Health Affairs
As we confront the best possibility of health care reform in the last 40+ years, it is important for policymakers to dwell on tools that can address this dilemma and support active, successful collaboration between patients and providers to manage health and health outcomes. We have the tools to achieve this at hand, but public expectations of health care and the incentive structure confronting providers foster apathy and even resistance instead of transformation.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
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NextGenWeb
NextGenWeb reported on the NIH's "The Future of Telehealth: Essential Technologies for Clinical Research and Care" where Dr. Kvedar presented the keynote address.
Friday, June 19, 2009
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Telemedicine and e-Health
Dr. Joseph Kvedar was a contributing author to this policy white paper, published in the July/August 2009 issue of Telemedicine and e-Health. This document reflects the strongly held views and perspective of a diverse group of healthcare academicians, researchers, providers, and industry representatives from across the country who share a belief in the necessity of healthcare reform and the centrality of telemedicine—or information technology–enhanced healthcare—in that reform.
Friday, June 12, 2009
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Xconomy
Partners HealthCare System is launching a startup that will commercialize a health self-monitoring system developed by Partners’ Center for Connected Health. The planned launch of the company follows a successful pilot trial of its initial Web-based service, called SmartBeat, which allows workers to report and track their blood pressure online to improve their health.
Friday, June 12, 2009
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Healthcare IT News
After a successful pilot with the Massachusetts-based EMC Corp., the Center for Connected Health, part of Partners Healthcare system in Boston, is launching a new company to allow self-insured employers to help employees manage their own health.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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Healthcare IT News
Dr. Joseph Kvedar wrote this piece about the evidence base for Connected Health, and reviews the basis for one connected health intervention gaining adoption, telemonitoring for heart failure.
Monday, May 18, 2009
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Telemedicine and e-Health
Dr. Joseph Kvedar, Regina Herzlinger, Matthew Holt, and Jay H. Sanders discussed the 5th Connected Health Symposium and its impact on patient-centered healthcare.
Monday, May 11, 2009
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Trender Research
Chronic conditions such as cardiac and lung diseases, diabetes, hypertension, and arthritis account for 78 percent of the country’s health care spending, according to a recent report issued by the federal government.
Friday, May 1, 2009
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Medical Home News
David C. Kibbe and Joseph Kvedar wrote this piece for Medical Home News and propose that Participatory Medicine and the Connected Medical Home should be considered a new domain frontier, worthy of both conceptualization and research.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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Center for Connected Health
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) has honored Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, founder and director, Center for Connected Health, Partners HealthCare, with its Individual Leadership Award, recognizing his significant contributions to the advancement of connected health and telemedicine. The award was presented this week at the 14th annual ATA conference in Las Vegas.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
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Center for Connected Health
The Center for Connected Health and its technology solution partner, Claricode, were named finalists in the Microsoft Health Users Group (HUG) 2009 Innovation Awards, recognizing their proprietary patient and practice management platform, the Connected Health Care Suite (CHCS), that functions as a comprehensive records system for connected health programs.
Friday, March 27, 2009
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Mass High Tech
A recent study by the Center for Connected Health found that by using an online diabetic monitoring system, patients were more likely to stick to their prescribed routines — and in turn, this led to better glucose management. It also turned out that if the patient was aware there is a system — a Big Brother — that is monitoring them, they were more likely to actually stick to their glucose management program than otherwise.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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The Health Care Blog
Read David C. Kibbe and Joseph Kvedar's piece on a proposed research agenda for Participatory Medicine and the Connected Medical Home; in essence a set of questions that they think ought to be answered in the next few years as a means of helping to direct health care reform in this country.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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Employee Benefit News
A new online diabetes management program, Diabetes Connected Health, could save employers and consumers multitudes in ER and hospital visits by putting medical tests and hospital-grade analysis into the hands of the 23.6 million adults and children who suffer from diabetes in the United States.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
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Healthcare IT News
Online diabetes management programs may lead to improved patient knowledge, engagement and accountability, as well as better communication between patient and doctor, according to a new study by the Center for Connected Health.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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Center for Connected Health
New data from a recent pilot study conducted by the Center for Connected Health, suggest that an online diabetes management program, Diabetes Connected Health, may lead to improved patient knowledge, engagement and accountability, as well as improved patient provider communication. This study was published in the current issue of the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology (Volume 3, Issue 2, March 2009).
Monday, March 16, 2009
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The Boston Globe
James Mongan MD, president and CEO of Partners HealthCare, wrote this editorial about his recommendations to help control healthcare costs.
Monday, March 16, 2009
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Healthcare IT News
Read Dr. Joe Kvedar's article in Healthcare IT News about how HIT is a requirement for payment reform.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
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PRNewswire
Joseph C. Kvedar, MD presented findings of the Center's study that showed text messaging reminders were effective in improving sunscreen usage, this week at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology in San Francisco.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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Health Business Blog
David E. Williams of the Health business blog interviews Dr. Joe Kvedar about the “four cornerstones” of connected health, the Center's SmartBeat program, the role of private employers, governments, and consumers, and the impact of the Center on cost and quality.
Monday, March 2, 2009
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For the Record
From remote monitoring to simple phone consultations, connected health is becoming more ingrained in the healthcare landscape.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
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Xconomy
The Center for Connected Health is launching a Web-based service so employers can help their workers keep their high blood pressure in check. The service could help reduce thousands of fatal strokes and heart attacks in the U.S. caused by high blood pressure every year.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Healthcare IT News
Read Dr. Joe Kvedar's article in Healthcare IT News about the power that Facebook and Twitter bring to communication and how they could fit into the connected health landscape.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
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Healthcare Informatics
With limited specialists, more area to cover, and better reimbursement models, many hospitals are embracing telemedicine.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
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The Health Engagement Blog
Read Dr. Joe Kvedar's piece on The Health Engagement Blog about the connection between connected health and health engagement.
Friday, January 23, 2009
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Healthcare IT News
Don't overemphasize traditional electronic medical records as the answer to transforming healthcare, cautions the head of the Center for Connected Health.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
In response to President Obama’s call for recommendations on healthcare reform, the Center for Connected Health convened an online Community Health Discussion in December, to explore the opportunities and advantages connected health, population management and participatory medicine can offer to healthcare reform. A report of the discussion findings were submitted to President Obama’s Presidential Transition Health Policy Team, led by Secretary of Health and Human Services Nominee Tom Daschle.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
In a recent study conducted by the Center for Connected Health, first of its kind data reveals that online support communities and social networks appear to benefit patients with psoriasis. This study was published in the current issue of Archives of Dermatology (Vol. 145, No. 1, January 2009), which is one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Monday, January 19, 2009
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Intelligent Medicine Blog
Center for Connected Health research suggests that the right technology products, implemented in the right way, might be adopted by a majority of people. A requirement is that the new connected health tools are designed to be highly personalized and connected to data-driven support at the same time.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
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Getting Better
Read an interview with Dr. Joe Kvedar from the blog Getting Better.
Monday, January 5, 2009
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NextGenWeb
Read Joe Kvedar's piece on NextGenWeb about Connected Health and the future of healthcare.