title: Innovations in connected health.
abstract: Technological advancements in recent decades have made the concept of Connected Health feasible. These innovations include hardware innovations (such as wearable medical technology), and software (such as electronic personal health record systems e.g., Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault). Technology innovations must be accompanied by process innovations to truly add value. In health care that includes clinical process innovations and business process innovations. This chapter outlines how the healthcare system is being affected by innovations in connected health. It provides examples that illustrate the various categories of innovation and their impact. Now more than ever, health care reform is required in the U.S. The systems outlined in this chapter will allow care that is of high quality, while extending providers across more patients (i.e. increasing access) at a lower overall cost (improved efficiency).
authors.affiliation: Center for Connected Health.
authors.forename: Kanwaljit
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Joseph C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kvedar
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation