Connected Health: A Review Of Technologies And Strategies To Improve Patient Care With Telemedicine And Telehealth
Date
2014
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Health Affairs
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.
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Keywords
telemedicine, review, policy
Citation
Kvedar, J., Coye, M. J., & Everett, W. (2014). Connected health: a review of technologies and strategies to improve patient care with telemedicine and telehealth. Health Affairs, 33(2), 194-199.