title: Straight talk. Collaboration fosters connected health: a new paradigm of proactive heathcare.
abstract: 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 physician offices and inpatient hospital units drop.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Whitlinger
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ayyagari
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McClure
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Fawn
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lopez
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019468:Disease Management; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012648:Self Care / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation; D014481:United States