NextGenWeb is committed to highlighting ways broadband can improve our quality of life — and receiving health care over the Internet is a great example. In addition to posting and commentating on the latest studies highlighting such applications, NextGenWeb has hit the road to cover events focused on e-Health and its dependence on broadband connections to the Internet.
This has led to the comprehensive package below focused on what e-Health is, how it is improving the quality of life for those using it, where it is going, and why we need continued, rapid deployment of broadband so Americans everywhere can have access.
And don’t just take it from us. We invite you to explore the resources below and listen to some of the nation’s most renowned practitioners, third party leaders and industry experts who are involved with the e-Health application every day. And for future reference, please click here to see our e-Health resources center for the latest news on this initiative.
Connected Health — Massachusetts General Hospital
Connected Health Requires a Robust Communications Infrastructure
Joseph C. Kvedar, MD
Center for Connected Health
Health care is changing rapidly
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. Think of the power and convenience that offers! Current successful examples of Connected Health include…
To view Dr. Kvedar’s full post please click here.
Connected Health Symposium Interviews
Jon Linkous, President and CEO, American Telemedicine Association
Joe Ternullo, JD, CPA, Associate Director, Center for Connected Health
Dr. Karen Bell, Director, Office of Health IT Adoption, Department of Health & Human Services
Dena Puskin, ScD, Director of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
Thomas A. Gustafson, PhD, Senior Policy Advisor at Arent Fox LLP
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August 13th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
[...] more information, please visit our eHealth page and watch our feature on the Center for Connected Health affiliated with Partners HealthCare in [...]