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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1"> </font><b>Open Mic
Session with Dr. Joseph Kvedar,</b></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Founder & Director, Center for
Connected Health</b><font color="#1F497D">,</font><b> Partners
Healthcare</b></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><b> </b>The time is right to hack
healthcare, but as entrepreneurs we often are setback because we
can't get to the people that are making the decisions in healthcare
settings, government, and industry. To help fix this, <a
href="http://www.hcp.com/bob_higgins"><font color="#0000FF"><u>Bob
Higgins</u></font></a>, <a
href="http://mba.yale.edu/faculty/profiles/foster.shtml"><font
color="#0000FF"><u>Richard Foster</u></font></a>, <a
href=
"http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/activities/nurture/eir/jim-dougherty/entrepreneur-residence-jim-dougherty"><u><span
></span>Jim Dougherty</u> and </a><a
href="http://hackingmedicine.mit.edu/"><font
color="#0000FF"><u>Hacking Medicine</u></font> have teamed up to bring
you Dr. Joseph Kvedar, the Founder and Director of the Center for
Connected Health within Partners HealthCare. If you ever want to sell
or partner with a hospital, Dr. Kvedar is the ideal person to speak to
because he is the one who makes the decisions about which technologies
to bring into their Center and how to commercialize them. He also is a
Co-Founder of Healthrageous, a personalized health technology company,
which is based on the technology platform developed at the Center. The
goal of this event is to help connect entrepreneurs to the marketplace
and give you open access to Dr. Kvedar and ask him those questions you
can't find the answer to on any website. Also we are going to
select 3-5 student entrepreneurs to give their 60 second pitch at the
end of the event and get direct feedback from Dr. Kvedar himself. If
you would like to pitch, please answer a couple of quick questions
</a><a
href=
"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHZteEMwalM4eDFjMXJBYnp1cjN6b2c6MQ"><u><span
></span>here</u>.</a></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Event details:</b></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Date: Monday, May 14<font
size="-2">th</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Time: 7 - 9PM</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Location: Trust Center for MIT
Entrepreneurship, One Amherst Street, E40-160, Cambridge,
MA</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Event Schedule:</b></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>7:00 - 7:15 PM: Registration Opens
(free pizza and drinks will be served)</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>7:15 - 7:30 PM: Student Idea
Pitches</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>7:15 - 8:30 PM: Open mic session with
Dr. Joseph Kvedar</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Event Schedule:</b></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>To register for the event, please sign up
<a
href=
"http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3463368027/?ref=enivtefor&utm_source=eb_email&utm_media=email&utm_compaign=invitefor&utm_term=readmore&invite=null"><u><span
></span>here</u>.</a></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Biography of Dr. Joseph
Kvedar</b></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, is the Founder and
Director of the Center for Connected Health, working to create a new
model of healthcare delivery, by developing programs and innovative
strategies to move care from the hospital or doctor's office into
the day-to-day lives of patients. In his role with the Center for
Connected Health, Dr. Kvedar is creating innovative programs to
leverage information technology - cell phones, computers, networked
devices and simple remote health monitoring tools - to help
providers and patients manage chronic conditions, maintain health and
wellness and improve adherence, engagement and clinical outcomes.
Based on the technology platform developed at the Center,
Healthrageous, a personalized health technology company, was launched
in 2010, offering a range of health and wellness self-management
programs to their clients. In addition, Dr. Kvedar also launched the
first physician-to-physician online consultation service in an
academic setting, which today electronically links patients from
around the world and their local providers with leading specialists at
Harvard-affiliated teaching hospitals.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Dr. Kvedar is internationally recognized
for his leadership and vision in the field of connected health and the
application of communications technologies to improve healthcare to
patients. He is a frequent lecturer and has authored over 70
publications on the subject. Dr. Kvedar serves as a Board member for a
number of organizations, including the Continua Health Alliance and
the Care Continuum Alliance. He also is a Co-Founder of Healthrageous
and Chair of the company's Scientific Advisory Board.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Dr. Kvedar is a past President and Board
member of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and a Past Chair
of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Task Force on
Telemedicine. In 2009, Dr. Kvedar was honored by the ATA with its
Individual Leadership Award, recognizing his significant contributions
to connected health and telemedicine. Mass High Tech, The Journal of
New England Technology named Dr. Kvedar an All-Star in the field of
healthcare and he has been honored by the New England Business and
Technology Association for his extraordinary leadership in the field.
Dr. Kvedar is also a board-certified dermatologist and Associate
Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Advisory Board
Members/Co-Sponsors</b></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><a
href="http://www.hcp.com/bob_higgins"><font color="#0000FF"><u>Bob
Higgins</u></font>, Harvard Business School/Highland
Capital</a></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><a
href="http://mba.yale.edu/faculty/profiles/foster.shtml"><font
color="#0000FF"><u>Richard Foster</u></font>, Yale School of
Management</a></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><a
href=
"http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/activities/nurture/eir/jim-dougherty/entrepreneur-residence-jim-dougherty"><u><span
></span>Jim Dougherty</u>, Sloan School of Management/Fidelity
Ventures</a></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>About Hacking
Medicine:</b></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Hacking Medicine's mission is to create
an ecosystem at MIT and beyond to host the Boston medical community
and teach entrepreneurs and clinicians the skills necessary to launch
disruptive healthcare businesses. For more information, check out our
website: <a href="http://hackingmedicine.mit.edu/"><font
color="#0000FF"><u>http://hackingmedicine.mit.edu/</u></font>.</a></blockquote
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