Connected Health: A Review Of Technologies And Strategies To Improve Patient Care With Telemedicine And Telehealth

Type Journal Article Author Joseph Kvedar Author Molly Joel Coye Author Wendy Everett URL https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0992 Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 194-199 Publication Health Affairs ISSN 0278-2715 Date 2014-02 Extra Publisher: Health Affairs DOI 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0992 Accessed 2022-02-23 15:19:51 Library Catalog healthaffairs.org (Atypon) Abstract With the advent of national health reform, millions more Americans are gaining access to a health care system that is struggling to provide high-quality care at reduced costs. The increasing adoption of electronic technologies is widely recognized as a key strategy for making health care more cost-effective. This article examines the concept of connected health as an overarching structure for telemedicine and telehealth, and it provides examples of its value to professionals as well as patients. Policy makers, academe, patient advocacy groups, and private-sector organizations need to create partnerships to rapidly test, evaluate, deploy, and pay for new care models that use telemedicine. Short Title Connected Health