title: Tipping point. The arrival of connected health.
abstract: After decades of experimentation and demonstration, Connected Health is poised to arrive. Several powerful factors have become more pronounced and their convergence more potent. Clearly there are issues and barriers that still need to be resolved. Healthcare providers are often hesitant to integrate Connected Health into their care practices. Reimbursement is still limited and uneven and under-powered. The value of several applications, such as the Personal Health Record, is unclear. Privacy concerns persist. However, given its utility and the factors at work, Connected Health will become an integral and significant component of healthcare.
authors.affiliation: Partners Healthcare, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glaser
mesh_terms: D000555:Ambulatory Care Information Systems / Q000191:economics; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States