The Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners HealthCare in Boston, develops innovative and effective solutions for delivering quality patient care outside of the traditional medical setting. The Center engages in pioneering research in a wide range of connected health-related areas and works to advance the field through its convening and publishing activities. Our programs use a combination of remote-monitoring, online communications and intelligence, and technology applications to improve patient adherence, engagement and clinical outcomes. www.connected-health.org

Healthcare Trends Quarterly magazine evaluates emerging technologies while examining their impact on the industry. HTQ features exclusive articles with key industry leaders, bringing in newsworthy trends coupled with the technologies that will shape them. HTQ is essential reading for those who are at the forefront of purchasing decisions in healthcare.

Since 1985, Sheila Wheeler has pioneered the field of telephone triage. In 1994, Ms. Wheeler founded the first national telehealth conference "Telephone Triage: Essentials for Expert Practice. She is the author of the classic training manual “Telephone Triage: Theory, Practice, and Protocol Development” and The first age-based set of protocols “Telephone Triage Protocols for Adult and Pediatric Populations. Ms Wheeler writes for numerous nursing journals, and lectures internationally. A nurse legal consultant in telephone triage, she currently serves as a front-line telephone triage practitioner in an HMO call center in the San Francisco area while consulting on a broad range of telehealth projects. Ms. Wheeler is currently the President of TeleTriage Systems, a consulting firm focused on Quality Improvement, Risk Reduction and Education for the telehealth industry and professionals. Through affiliation with other leading companies and consultants, TeleTriage Systems offers a comprehensive array of high-quality, user-friendly products, training and consulting services.