Connected health pioneer Dr. Joe Kvedar takes a look at the cutting edge and future of technology-enabled care. His new podcast series features commentary from leading physicians, technologists, behaviorists and other experts shaping the way we perceive, engage and interact with health through current and emerging technologies. Harvard-trained physician, professor, two-time author and the Vice President of Connected Health at Partners HealthCare in Boston, Dr. Kvedar leads the conversation.
For the final episode of Season 3, Dr. Kvedar interviews Margaret Laws, President, and CEO of HopeLab.  Together they talk about how her organization works with young people to co-create interventions grounded in behavioral science and human-centered design and about the power and impact that meaningful partnerships and collaborations can have on innovation.
Dr. Cory Kidd, founder, and CEO of Catalia Health is the special guest for Episode 307.  He talks with Dr. Kvedar about how AI technology can help to address chronic health conditions, the deliberate design decisions made for Mabu that improve its interactions with people, and how he’s applied early lessons learned and his entrepreneurial spirit to his work at Catalia Health.
We’re absolutely delighted to have Dr. Kyra Bobinet return as a guest for Episode 306.  As the CEO and founder of engagedIN, a neuroscience-based design firm, she is an expert on cracking the code of WHY we engage in our health.  Listen in as she and Dr. Kvedar discuss how thoughtful design can improve a person’s approach to developing healthy habits, why it’s important to reshape the concept of failure and the single most important factor in sustained behavior change.
Health and wellness pioneer Chris Dancy is the guest of Episode 305.  Often referred to as “the world’s most connected human”, Chris has spent more than a decade tracking, cataloging and analyzing the data of his life and he has a fascinating conversation with Dr. Kvedar about the many benefits that leveraging personal health data in a meaningful way can have on one’s health and wellbeing.
For episode 304, Dr. Kvedar talks with Dina Katabi, MIT Professor and Director of the Center for Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing. Â They have an interesting discussion about the system she designed to passively collect data without the need for devices, why it represents a major advancement in data collection and how all of this new access to vast amounts of data could be a very important tool for clinical trials.
For episode 3 of the special Connected Health Conference 2019 Keynote Speakers series, Dr. Kvedar interviews Ariel Garten and Dr. Graeme Moffat of InteraXon, creators of Muse, the brain sensing headband. Â They have an interesting discussion about neurotechnologies, the benefits that Muse provides to help individuals achieve a relaxed-focus mental state and how real-time biometric feedback can teach us about our bodies.
In this special Connected Health Conference 2019 Keynote Speakers episode, Dr. Kvedar has a fantastic conversation with Dr. Judson Brewer, Director of Research & Innovation, Mindfulness Center, Brown University School of Public Health and Founder of MindSciences. They discuss Jud’s study of mindfulness, how digital therapeutics can help us break bad habits and how we can harness our minds to change the unhealthy habits that contribute to chronic health conditions.
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In this special Connected Health Conference 2019 Keynote Speakers episode, Dr. Kvedar interviews Steve Wretling, Chief Technology and Information Officer of HIMSS.  They discuss driving innovation within HIMSS, how immersive technologies are demonstrating positive results for chronic behavioral health conditions and how Steve views technology’s potential impact on patient engagement.
For Episode 9, Dr. Kvedar welcomes Dr. Samir Damani, co-founder of MintHealth. Together they discuss the evolution of blockchain technology and how it can significantly impact some of the challenges we are facing in healthcare, his perspective on the keys to patient engagement and empowerment, and his past work combining technology and analytics to create personalized patient-provider interactions.
For Episode 8, Dr. Kvedar chats with Kristen Valdes, Founder and CEO of b.Well Connected Health. Together they talk about her unique understanding of the patient experience, empowering consumers to really understand the power that their health data has in shaping their care and the challenges she’s faced as she works to actively grow her company toward 1 million users.
In Episode 7, neurologist Dr. Ray Dorsey digs deep into his new study on telemedicine enabled care for people with Parkinson’s Disease, his belief in the power of digital health technologies to improve our overall health & wellness, and how health policy could change the shape of care in the next decade.
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