by Audrey Kinsella The title of this year’s 10th Annual Partners Healthcare Connected Health Symposium says it all about what everyone is saying should be emphasized in healthcare delivery today. “Collaborations and Innovations to Engage Patients and Elevate Care” will be held in Boston, Oct. 24-25 and will offer a range of cross-disciplinary speakers, […]
By Jon Linkous There has been increasing attention lately to the rise of “Big Med.” Coined by Atul Gawande, MD at Brigham & Women’s Harvard teaching hospital, in the August 2012 edition of The New Yorker (link), the term refers to the accelerating instances of mergers, acquisitions and affiliations that are taking place throughout healthcare. […]
By Audrey Kinsella In addition to the hands-off, low-touch medical devices we saw in October at the recent Connected Health conference (see HCTR, 11/28/12, “New Tools Help Patients Self-Manage Health, Chronic Conditions”), other vendors demonstrated devices that were somewhat more, shall we say, in your face. Avatars and Robots There is a new breed of […]
