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Joe Kvedar, VP of Connected Health, Partners HealthCare, Chapter 2

Health System CIO

Today, Partners HealthCare Connected Health continues to push the envelope by transforming healthcare through tools like remote monitoring and virtual care. The term “Connected Health”. Telehealth’s struggles, then surge. * “Facetime and Skype changed the way we think about video.”. Chapter 2. *

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Care Gets Personal at Philips for Parents and Babies

Health Populi

Further along the mother-and-childcare continuum, Philips supports nutrition and healthy eating for baby, advocating breast feeding and supporting this through an alliance with American Well, the telehealth provider. Note that Philips acquired Avent in 2006, well before the company committed to an all-health portfolio.