Measuring the Vital Signs of Health Care Progress at the Connected Health Conference (Part 3 of 3)

Conclusion Although progress toward connected health comes in fits and starts, the Connected Health Conference is still a bright spot in health care each year. For the first time this year, Partners’ Center for Connected Health partnered with another organization, the Personal Connected Health Alliance, and the combination seems to be a positive one. Certain changes were noticeable: for instance, all the breakout sessions were panels, and the keynotes were punctuated by annoying ads. An interesting focus this year was wellness in aging, the topic of the final panel. One surprising difference was the absence of the patient advocates from the Society for Participatory Medicine whom I’m used to meeting each year at this conference, perhaps because they held their own conference the day before. The Center for Connected Health’s Joseph Kvedar still ran the program team, and the themes were familiar from previous years. This conference has become my touchstone for understanding health IT, and it will continue to be the place to go to track the progress of health care reform from a technological standpoint. Related Posts Measuring the Vital Signs of Health Care Progress at the Connected Health Conference (Part 1 of 3) Measuring the Vital Signs of Health Care Progress at the Connected Health Conference (Part 2 of 3) Alexa Can Truly Give Patients a Voice in Their Health Care (Part 1 of 3)
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