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Self-Management & Monitoring Program:
Available for Hypertension, Diabetes, Activity & Weight

SmartBeat is a self-management and monitoring program designed to enable employees to proactively manage their health. SmartBeat provides employees with anytime, anywhere access to self-management tools to improve their health, and guides employees to make positive lifestyle and health behavior changes. Participants receive devices that store and transmit vital sign data (blood pressure readings, blood glucose readings, step counts and weight), and an Internet-based self-management system. The personalized website provides automated, targeted feedback on the vital sign data for improved health and understanding. The program is available for monitoring of hypertension, diabetes, activity and weight.

SmartBeat, designed by the Center for Connected Health, was trialed at EMC Corporation between 2007-2008.  "We are pleased to team with Partners HealthCare to offer the SmartBeat program to our U.S.-based employee population.  The program is a natural extension of EMC's employee health management strategy to promote a healthy workplace and drive innovation and the adoption of new healthcare technologies.  This ultimately enables our employees and their families to more effectively manage their health," said Delia Vetter, Senior Director of Benefits, EMC Corporation.  To learn more about the trial, click here.

 
Did you know?
  • Of the 65 million Americans with hypertension, almost 60% do not have adequate blood pressure control. It is estimated that poor control of hypertension contributes over $40 billion in direct healthcare costs, and generates over 17 million physician office visits annually.
  • Diabetes now affects nearly 24 million people in the U.S., and the cost of diabetes to the U.S. economy has increased 32% since 2002.
  • U.S. obesity rates rose 37% between 1998 and 2006, driving an 89% increase in spending on treatments for obesity-related diseases. Obesity now accounts for nearly 10% of all medical spending in the U.S.

Proactive condition management services enable better clinical outcomes for employees and better financial outcomes for employers.


Engage your workforce
  • Convenient at-home monitoring of hypertension, diabetes, activity & weight
  • Greater employee engagement in day-to-day health management
  • Automated messages developed by Partners HealthCare, provides personalized coaching based on data

Make SmartBeat work for you

SmartBeat is being offered as a benefit by large, forward-thinking self-insured employers based in New England.

SmartBeat was designed and developed by the Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners HealthCare.

For more information, please contact:
Doug McClure
dmcclure@partners.org
617-724-9629

To view the SmartBeat product datasheets, please click on the links below.

PDF Icon SmartBeat datasheet

PDF Icon SmartBeat customer testimonials

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SmartBeat hypertension self-management program named New England's Best Benefits PracticeSmartBeat, an innovative new benefits program to help employees self-manage high blood pressure, was recognized as one of New England's Best Benefits Practices of 2009 by the New England Employee Benefits Council.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 | Center for Connected HealthThe Potential of Remote Health Monitoring at WorkThe 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.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 | Harvard Business ReviewPartners HealthCare to Spin Off Startup Offering Web-based Health-Monitoring Services, Seeks CEO and InvestorsPartners 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 | XconomyNew company aims to bring down blood pressure - and healthcare costsAfter 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.
Friday, June 12, 2009 | Healthcare IT News
 

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