Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, Director, Center for Connected Health

In a world where most folks change jobs every couple of years, people are often amazed to hear that I started work in connected health 19 years ago. Implicit in their amazement is a question: "Why did you stick with it so long?" The quickest response is that the work we started back then is not yet finished. A more accurate answer is a bit more complex. More

I've written before about the power of analyzing what you write in order to predict things about your health. As more and more 'big data' companies and projects get publicity, it is fascinating to see how rapidly the field is growing. More

We’re spending a lot of time at the Center for Connected Health (CCH) these days thinking about and experimenting with algorithms. It's part of our general interest in micro-segmenting the population and creating unique, engaging health messaging for each individual that will keep them on the path to better health. Healthrageous is working fast and furious on this as well. Of course, we’re not the only ones. A number of other labs and firms are on the same journey. The vision is compelling. More

I spent the bulk of the last week in Las Vegas attending the 2013 International CES. If there were other academically oriented physicians attending, I didn't find them. More

After working at this remote patient monitoring game for about 10 years now, we are ready to bring self-care to consumers -- couch potatoes, weekend warriors and all of us in between hoping to live a little healthier, lose a few pounds or just feel a little better. Meet Wellocracy! More

The fall foliage is coming in nicely here in New England and the heat has kicked on the last few mornings. The seasons have changed and that signals the intense, final preparations for this year’s Connected Health Symposium. More

The last post on the cHeath Blog was mid July. I think that is the longest hiatus since I started blogging in March of 2010. But the summer was great in New England. Lots of warm days and cool nights and plenty of sunshine. So as we close the books 'unofficially' on summer 2012, I'm back. More

I was chatting with a friend the other day about how to get people’s attention in this information-overload age, and we decided that the use of buzzwords was a critical component of success. So I decided to test this catchy title and see if it leads to any more reader traffic than I usually get. More

I don't spend much time on Facebook. It's not that I'm antisocial, but on a given day if I get through my email inbox by 10 PM, I feel good about myself. That leaves little time for social networking. I haven't played Angry Birds or Farmville for the same reason. I just have other priorities. I grew up in a family of plain-spoken, simple Vermonters. My dad was a kind and gentle man, but when he raised his voice we all took notice. And, because of his 'kinder-gentler' side and plain-spoken character, my brother and I took him quite seriously and felt it was wise to comply with his wishes. Also, my folks both had a deep sense of the value of good health and strove to achieve a healthy lifestyle. More