The system of caring for people — the chronically ill, the
elderly or even the fitness buff — is reactive, expensive and
cumbersome. But a new paradigm of care, called connected
health, promises to reduce costs and improve quality by
working with patients proactively. How? Patients monitor
their own health using electronic devices outside of the
provider setting. As a result, the number of visits to both
physicians' offices and inpatient hospital units can drop
significantly.
Modern Healthcare and PricewaterhouseCoopers
present Straight Talk. The session on connected health was
held on May 1, 2007 at
Modern Healthcare's Chicago
Headquarters. Fawn Lopez, the publisher of
Modern
Healthcare, was the moderator.
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