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Tue May 8 10:54:29 EDT 2012

>  Open Mic Session with Dr. Joseph Kvedar,
>Founder & Director, Center for Connected Health, Partners Healthcare
>  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, <http://www.hcp.com/bob_higgins>Bob Higgins, 
><http://mba.yale.edu/faculty/profiles/foster.shtml>Richard Foster, 
><http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/activities/nurture/eir/jim-dougherty/entrepreneur-residence-jim-dougherty>Jim 
>Dougherty and <http://hackingmedicine.mit.edu/>Hacking Medicine 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 
><https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHZteEMwalM4eDFjMXJBYnp1cjN6b2c6MQ>here.
>Event details:
>Date: Monday, May 14th
>Time: 7 - 9PM
>Location: Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, One Amherst Street, 
>E40-160, Cambridge, MA
>Event Schedule:
>7:00 - 7:15 PM: Registration Opens  (free pizza and drinks will be served)
>7:15 - 7:30 PM: Student Idea Pitches
>7:15 - 8:30 PM: Open mic session with Dr. Joseph Kvedar
>Event Schedule:
>To register for the event, please sign up 
><http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3463368027/?ref=enivtefor&utm_source=eb_email&utm_media=email&utm_compaign=invitefor&utm_term=readmore&invite=null>here.
>Biography of Dr. Joseph Kvedar
>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.
>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.
>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.
>Advisory Board Members/Co-Sponsors
><http://www.hcp.com/bob_higgins>Bob Higgins, Harvard Business 
>School/Highland Capital
><http://mba.yale.edu/faculty/profiles/foster.shtml>Richard Foster, 
>Yale School of Management
><http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/activities/nurture/eir/jim-dougherty/entrepreneur-residence-jim-dougherty>Jim 
>Dougherty, Sloan School of Management/Fidelity Ventures
>About Hacking Medicine:
>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: 
><http://hackingmedicine.mit.edu/>http://hackingmedicine.mit.edu/.
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