BOSTON—Industry insiders took the stage Oct. 26 at the ninth annual Connected Health Symposium to share advice for innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs in the age of healthcare reform.

BOSTON—As patients increasingly turn to the internet for health information, are online patient portals emerging as an effective component of efforts to fight provider shortages and rising healthcare costs? Andrew R. Watson, MD, and Jeffrey Benabio, MD, debated the topic Oct. 25 at the ninth annual Connected Health Symposium, hosted by Partners HealthCare.

BOSTON—The Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston is a 114-year-old start-up, said John Brooks III, MSBA, president and CEO, speaking at the ninth annual Connected Health Symposium.

BOSTON—The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides care for 461,000 veterans, more and more with remote healthcare, said Adam Darkins, MB, ChB, MD, chief consultant, care coordination services, speaking at the ninth annual Connected Health Symposium on Oct. 25.

BOSTON—Remote patient monitoring has been around for a long time but tends to be in the early stages for most organizations, said Khinlei Myint-U, MBA, corporate manager of product development and communications for the Center for Connected Health in Boston. Myint-U was part of a panel discussion at the ninth annual Connected Health Symposium on Oct. 25.

BOSTON—Creating a nationwide health information network dwarfs just about all other human achievement, said David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, former national coordinator of health IT and incoming president of the Commonwealth Fund. He spoke at the ninth annual Connected Health Symposium on Oct. 25.

BOSTON—Technology and aging should go together and result in great things, said Joseph Coughlin, PhD, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab, who spoke at the ninth Annual Connected Health Symposium on Oct. 25.

Western medicine has become so closely associated with high-tech medical equipment that it’s top of mind even for patients.