About Joseph C. Kvedar, MD

JOSEPH C. KVEDAR, MD

Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School

Senior Advisor, Virtual Care, Partners HealthCare

Editor, npj Digital Medicine

Long before the internet, health and wellness trackers, apps, sensors or smartphones even existed, Joe Kvedar was creating a new model of health care delivery, moving care from the hospital or doctor’s office into the day-to-day lives of patients.

At Partners HealthCare, Dr. Joe Kvedar has focused on driving innovation, creating the market and gaining acceptance for connected health for nearly three decades. He is now applying his expertise, insights and influence to advancing adoption of telehealth and virtual care technologies at the national level. Dr. Kvedar continues to guide the transformation of healthcare delivery as a respected thought leader, author and convener.

As Editor-in-Chief of of npj Digital Medicine, a Nature Research journal, he will work to establish the evidence base needed to guide innovation and the implementation of digital health.

Beginning May 2020, Dr. Kvedar will also serve as President of the ATA, the preeminent organization focused on virtual care adoption. In this capacity, he is also Program Chair of the ATA2020 annual conference. From 2017-2019, he served as Program Chair for the Connected Health Conference, an industry defining event co-hosted by Partners HealthCare and the HIMSS Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance). Prior, he hosted the Partners HealthCare Connected Health Symposium (2003-2016).

He continues to co-chair the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Digital Medicine Payment Advisory Group (DMPAG), which works to ensure widespread coverage of telehealth and remote patient monitoring, and successfully established several new provider codes for telehealth reimbursement through the CPT process. Dr. Kvedar is also a member of the AAMC’s (Association of American Medical Colleges) telehealth committee, creating tools that will enable medical schools and residency programs to integrate telehealth into the training of future practitioners.

He is the author of two books on the subject: The Internet of Healthy Things (2015) and The New Mobile Age: How Technology Will Extend the Healthspan and Optimize the Lifespan (2017). His blog has been providing his insights and vision for connected health for over a decade.

Internationally recognized for his leadership in the field of telehealth and virtual care, Dr. Kvedar serves as a strategic advisor at Flare Capital Partners, PureTech Ventures and ResApp Health; he is also a member of the board of several companies, including b.well Connected Health.

Dr. Kvedar is a Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School.

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