Partners HealthCare and Samsung Electronics Sign Collaboration and Clinical Research Agreement to Develop mHealth Solutions 

Partners HealthCare has announced a new collaboration and clinical research agreement with Samsung Electronics to develop the next generation of personalized digital and mobile solutions for health and wellness. The first phase of this collaboration will include software development and clinical research to deliver tools to improve chronic disease management. Read More
 
New from The cHealth Blog
by Joseph Kvedar, MD
Pay Me or Charge Me? How Best to Engage Me?

"The conventional wisdom seems to vary from asking people to pay to keep them engaged ('skin in the game'), to giving something away to remove a barrier, to paying people for achieving a behavioral goal.... Is one of these based on better evidence than the rest?" Read More
 
Patient Engagement: Overused Sound Bite or Transformative Opportunity?

"As an industry, we have to do better than measuring successful engagement based on whether a patient downloads a copy of their medical record...." Read More


 
Connected Health Symposium: Save with Early-Bird Rates!

Join us in Boston Oct 29-30 for our 12th annual Symposium, The Internet of Healthy ThingsSM: Integrating Connected Health Into Real World Care Delivery. Network with 1,200 health technology leaders; learn from exciting keynoters; see demos of new connected health products. Showcase your company with our sponsor/exhibitor tailored options. Register now and enjoy early-bird rates. 


New for 2015! Poster session in collaboration with the Journal of Medical Internet Research. Deadline for abstract submission is May 14th.


 

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Hosted by Prime Health, join hundreds of regional and national digital health thought leaders, health care executives, physicians, entrepreneurs, investors, technologists and academics to explore the future of the quantified self, health data innovation and the integration of emerging technologies. 

This year's summit will explore key areas of mHealth, social media, wearables & other digital tools to available within the healthcare industry. Explore new revenue streams and capitilize on this digital transformation. Save 20% on two day passes by adding the discount code PARTNER20. 

Hosted by Massachusetts General Hospital, experts across disciplines will share valuable strategies and skills necessary to lead in a continuously evolving healthcare system. You will hear from current leaders in the industry as they discuss education, research, innovation, and care delivery as it relates to the future of healthcare. 

This event will reveal the latest connected services in healthcare. Hand-picked speakers include Walgreens, CMS, Scripps, Anthem, Validic, UCLA Health, UCSF, MDLive, Blue Cross Blue Shield and more. Key topics follow the three pillars - engagement, data management and reimbursement - looking at the way these three influence business strategies, technology development and deployment of mHealth services.

These intensive courses enable public health and health care professionals to keep pace in today's rapidly changing landscape. Participants receive hands-on training from faculty and professionals in the field, to implement effective health communication across a range of media and audiences.  
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