This post is sponsored by the American Telemedicine Association.
In its largest meeting to date, the American Telemedicine Association hosted thought leaders in research and innovative technologies as nearly 5,000 telehealth professionals from around the world gathered in Baltimore. Some of the best minds in telemedicine were there – and we’ll pick up the conversation with many of them at ATA Fall Forum, Sept. 6-9, 2014 in Palm Desert, California. The event is the premier forum for healthcare professionals and entrepreneurs in the telemedicine, telehealth and mHealth space.
At Fall Forum, the focus is on managing chronic conditions via telemedicine. Sessions will center on the many ways in which telemedicine can help reduce costs and readmissions, facilitate better outcomes and provide better access for the growing population of patients that continues to drive up the cost of healthcare. Get more information at ATA Fall Forum Palm Desert.
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It’s an exciting time for telemedicine. Abundant progress can be celebrated and more challenges remain to be faced. As one thought leader put it at the May event in Baltimore, we’re now at the end of the beginning for telemedicine. The nation as a whole is beginning to understand the role of telemedicine in healthcare. The focus is shifting away from the technology (which is way out in front) and is shifting toward the calculation of value provided. On the consumer side of things, it’s all about access, convenience and affordability.
“We’ve hit that convergence point where it begins to make business sense to do it,” said one panelist.
“The trick to unlocking all of this is the financial model. The rest is quite straightforward,” another panelist said.
In case you missed the May event – or if you want to share the experience with your colleagues who couldn’t attend – recordings of ATA 2014 educational sessions and pre-meeting courses from the conference are now available in the ATA Learning Center.
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You can get a jump on the topics and conversations you can expect at the upcoming Fall Forum by reviewing the lively sessions from the ATA’s May gathering.
Video 1: Day One/Session One
MedCity Media CEO Chris Seper moderates a panel that includes: Terry Duesterhoeft, A&D Medical president and CEO; Kent Dicks, Alere Connect CEO; Eric Bacon, AMD Global Telemedicine VP of finance and operations; Dr. Roy Schoenberg, American Well CEO; Adam Cowdin, AT&T lead product marketing manager; Dr. Ricardo Martinez, GlobalMed Advisory Board chairman; and Dr. Pete Killcommons, Medweb CEO.
Video 2: Day One/Session Two
MedCityNews.com Editor in Chief Veronica Combs moderates a panel that includes: Bill Broderick, Bosch Healthcare VP of marketing and outcomes research; Jennifer Farrell, Cardiocom VP of government services; Jason Goldberg, Ideal Life president; Robert Choi, chief strategic officer for Collain Healthcare, an LG CNS company; Mark Vanderwerf, Nonin Medical VP of OEM and eHealth; and Jonathan Lee, Signature Health president and CEO.
Video 3: Day One/Session Three
MedCityNews.com Editor in Chief Veronica Combs moderates a panel that includes: Tim Wright, InTouch Health VP of corporate and market strategy; Dr. Gregory Ciottone, Med1 Healthcare Group chief medical officer; Dr. Bill Ludwig, NuView Health president; Jean-Claude Junqua, Panasonic VP of research & development; Manu Varma, Philips senior director of strategic marketing & new business development; and Deb Jeffries, Polycom director of global healthcare marketing.
Video 4: Day One/Session Four
MedCityNews.com Editor in Chief Veronica Combs moderates a panel that includes: Steve Cashman, HealthSpot founder and CEO; George Tremblay, OptumHealth Public Sector director of telehealth; Dr. Joe Peterson, Specialists On Call CEO; Julee Thompson, Sprint chief healthcare executive; Dr. Nima Mowzoon, TeleSpecialists CEO; and Satyanarayana Parimi, Time Warner Cable Business Class GVP of product management.
Video 5: Day Two/Session One
MedCity Media CEO Chris Seper moderates a panel that includes: John Palumbo, MD Aligne president; Nancy Green, Verizon managing principal, healthcare practice; Amnon Gavish, Vidyo senior vice president for vertical solutions; and Allen Izadpanah, ViTel Net president and CEO.
Video 6: Day Two/Session Two
MedCity Media CEO Chris Seper moderates a panel that includes: Dr. Mary Jo Gorman, Advanced ICU Care founder and CEO; Sabina Chiara Coraluppi, Chorus Call director of operations; Barbara Casey, Cisco Systems senior executive director, healthcare; and Dr. Richard Bakalar, KPMG managing director of healthcare advisory services.
Video 7: Day Two/Session Three
MedCity Media CEO Chris Seper moderates a panel that includes: Mike Baird, Avizia Inc. CEO; Tamara Austin, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) senior director, strategic resource group; Megan Canter, director of telemedicine for HCA’s continental division; Christopher Northam, Humana director, eClinical/healthcare services; Michael Weiner, IBM director, healthcare strategic services; Geoffrey Boyce, InSight Telepsychiatry executive director; and Chris Talbot, Qualcomm Life senior director of business development.
The American Telemedicine Association is the leading international resource and advocate promoting the use of advanced remote medical technologies. ATA and its diverse membership work to fully integrate telemedicine into transformed healthcare systems to improve quality, equity and affordability of healthcare throughout the world. Learn more about ATA at AmericanTelemed.org.
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