Partners Center for Connected Health is moving healthcare beyond the hospital and clinic into the day-to-day lives of patients. From mobile devices and social media to sensors and home robots, technology is effectively working to meet society’s 21st century healthcare demands.
For the 11th year, Partners is presenting their very successful Annual Symposium “Connected Health in Practice: Engaging Patients and Providers Outside of Traditional Care Settings” October 23-24 at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center in Boston. The Symposium is shaping up to be a stellar event that will enable Symposium attendees to meet industry visionaries, clinical experts, patient advocates, researchers, and experts in legal, regulatory, and financial issues.
The Symposium will Spotlight:
- The latest trends along with new research and innovations
- First-hand groundbreaking devices and systems
- Ways to reduce healthcare spending
- How to build a company, finance a product launch, or address legal and regulatory issues
- How to share insights and success stories with the international community
Explore the intersection of health and technology with exceptional keynotes, panel discussions, debates, probing interviews, demos of new and gamechanging technologies, exhibits, and networking events. Network with 1,200 healthcare leaders, hospital executives, community-based MDs, health plan leaders, Fortune 500 employers, government policymakers, researchers and developers, along with leading investors, patients, and advocates.
Scheduled keynote speakers includes:
- Gary Gottlieb MD, President and CEO Partners HealthCare
- Joseph Kvedar, MD, Founder and Director for the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare
- Eric Dishman, Intel Fellow and General Manager of the Health & Life Sciences Group at Intel Corporation
- Michael Palmer, Chief Innovation & Digital Officer, Aetna
- Jonathan Bush, CEO, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors for athenahealth, Nir Eyal, American author, educator and entrepreneur
- Gregg Meyer, MD, Chief Clinical Officer for Partners Healthcare System
- David Icke Consultant and Founding CEO for MC10
- Kyra Bobinet MD, CEO and Co-Founder, engagedIN
- Jeff Margolis, Chairman and CEO or Welltok
- Robin Farmanfarmaian, VP for Strategic Relations, Singularity University and Founding Executive Producer for Exponential Medicine
- Clive Thompson, Author of “Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better”
The fourth Annual Innovators Challenge at http://symposium.connected-health.org/innovators-challenge a very popular event in previous years, will call for live demonstrations to draw attention to products that are genuinely new and potentially game-changing for connected health.
To register and for information, go to http://sumposium.connected-health.org. Early bird registration is available through July 31, 2014.