The Wireless Future of Health IT

The Wireless Future of Health IT

New America Foundation's Wireless Future and Health Policy Programs
CTIA-The Wireless Association
Monday, March 23, 2009
9:00 a.m - 1:30 p.m.
G-106 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC
http://www.newamerica.net/events/2009/wireless_future_health_it

At last week's White House Forum on Health Care, President Obama and Congressional leaders promised a focus on controlling spiraling health care costs. There is perhaps no more effective means to simultaneously contain costs and improve health outcomes than a rapid diffusion of Information Technology. While electronic medical records gain wide support, less well known is the enormous potential impact of coupling health IT with pervasive broadband connectivity - from hospital to home to 'mobile body networks.'

Intel Chairman Craig Barrett will keynote our discussion of this emerging field. Mr. Barrett is a global evangelist for the benefits of connecting high-quality care to patients anywhere with ubiquitous broadband connectivity.

Other speakers will describe a wide range of cutting edge applications in telehealth, including: remote monitoring, remote care and self-management of costly chronic conditions; extending specialist care to rural and remote areas, across the U.S. and the developing world; 'aging in place,' reducing institutionalization and hospital admissions; and the billions in overall cost savings from the diffusion of mobile health IT.

Featured Speakers

Craig Barrett
Chairman, Intel Corporation
Chairman, U.N. Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development

Thomas Kalil
Associate Director for Policy
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Vince Kuraitis
Founder
Better Health Technologies

Max Stachura
Director, Center for Telehealth
Medical College of Georgia

Robert Kolodner *
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
U.S Department of Health and Human Services

Donald Jones *
Vice President, Health and Medical Sciences
Qualcomm

Paul Meyer
Chairman and President
Voxiva, Inc.

Douglas J. McClure
Manager, Technology & Operations
Center for Connected Health Care

Carolyn Brandon
Vice President for Public Policy
CTIA-The Wireless Association

Julie Barnes
Deputy Director, Health Policy Program
New America Foundation

Michael Calabrese
Vice President and Director, Wireless Future Program
New America Foundation