EMC, Partners collaborate on hypertension program

EMC Corp. and a division of Partners HealthCare announced a collaboration today that aims to help EMC employees with hypertension to better manage their health through proactive monitoring and education.

EMC of Hopkinton is a provider of data storage products, and Partners HealthCare of Boston is an integrated health system founded by Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.

The Partners HealthCare division collaborating with EMC is the Center for Connected Health.

EMC is the first company to participate in SmartBeat, a program designed by the Center for Connected Health, which uses a wireless blood pressure cuff and communicator, and an Internet-based feedback system, to aid employees volunteering for the study to self-manage their high blood pressure, the center said.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)