Technologies improving healthspan | Joseph Kvedar

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In this episode of the IGHPE 2018 podcast, we talk to Dr. Joseph Kvedar, Vice President of Connected Health at Partners HealthCare and Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Kvedar discusses the subtle art of developing new healthcare technologies for an ageing population and why health professionals should embrace these technologies to improve healthcare delivery.

Biography

Dr. Kvedar is Vice President of Connected Health at Partners HealthCare, and Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School. He is also co-chair of the American Medical Association’s Digital Medicine Payment Advisory Group, and lead author on two recent books: The Internet of Healthy Things (2015) and The New Mobile Age: How Technology Will Extend the Lifespan and Optimise the Healthspan (2017).