The Connected Health Collaborative Community (CHcc)
The Connected Health Collaborative Community (CHcc), is co-hosted by the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) and Consumer Technology Association (CTA) with UMass Chan Medical School’s Program in Digital Medicine as the founding Impact Sponsor. It unites a diverse set of stakeholders across consumer electronics, medical devices, and government to reimagine a system and address the fragmentation in connected health across the healthcare system.
Based on trustworthy data, information, and interventions, we use interdisciplinary expertise, research, and case studies to develop and demonstrate best practices and advance harmonized approaches to speed the ethical, effective, equitable, and safe use of connected health to improve lives – for everyone.
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About the CHcc
The CHcc is a collaborative community developing best practices to address challenges and fragmentation in connected health, aligning with key government programs to drive impact and advance healthcare innovation.
Vision
Improve the overall health of all individuals through digitally enabled products, services, and interventions that collectively connect health.
Mission
Address fragmentation in connected health across the healthcare ecosystem by convening a broad and inclusive range of stakeholders necessary to move from sick care to whole health care.
Our Work
Our work is underway! CHcc has launched and kicked off our inaugural project, Advancing a Sustainable Hospital-at-Home Ecosystem at Scale.
Join us for our next project: Aging in place
As the U.S. population ages, with over 10,000 Americans turning 65 daily, supporting aging in place is vital. Nearly 90% of older adults prefer to age at home, but many lack proper home or health security. Falls send three million older adults to emergency rooms annually, straining healthcare resources.
Digital health technologies (DHTs), paired with smart home innovations, can help older adults live independently and ease the burden on healthcare systems and their own families.
We invite innovators in smart home and digital health, as well as payors, government, and health systems, to join a multi-stakeholder initiative hosted by CHcc. Partnering with DiMe and CTA, this group will define the necessary infrastructure and incentives to support aging in place while ensuring seamless transitions to acute care, allowing older adults to age with dignity.
Are you interested in learning more? Fill out the form below, and a member of Team DiMe will contact you with more information!