Connected health: a review of technologies and strategies to improve patient care with telemedicine and telehealth.
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.
Joseph
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Kvedar
Molly Joel
MJ
Coye
Wendy
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Everett
D054626:Consumer Health Information / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D005791:Patient Care; D058996:Quality Improvement; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States
Access To Care; Information Technology; Medical technology; Organization and Delivery of Care; Workforce Issues