Conference Presentations
Using Technology to Connect Acute Care and Community Services to Reduce Costs and Improve Outcomes for Older Americans
This presentation by the Executive Vice President of MedAssets focuses on the costs of care for chronic illness in older [MORE]
The Anatomy and Physiology of Healthcare Reform: Taking Stock in American Political Theater…
Dr. Fickenscher will provide an overview of the six major forces that are precipitating the conversation on reform [MORE]
Integrated Process Management Information Technology: The Next Generation in Medical Efficiency
There is a need for significant overhaul of current medical information technology to better support the complex processes of healthcare [MORE]
The Technology Enabled Nurse
Learning objectives:
Identify technologies that demonstrate value by transforming delivery of nursing care.
Describe three or more [MORE]
Telemedicine: The Reality of the Most Overlooked Tool of Healthcare - Challenging The Mandatory Face-to-Face Visit
The presentation will offer a look at the deployment of telemedicine, specifically telephone calls, and how this tactic can reduce [MORE]
Business Model Innovation in Healthcare
Rapid technological advances, regulatory reform, and the new science of personalized medicine are the three primary factors driving [MORE]
Bridging the Valley of Death, Medical Genetics 2.0, and other Tales of Translational Genomics Research
Holistic molecular scanning of individuals has become a robust strategy to develop new ways to effectively diagnose and treat disease. [MORE]
Using Telehealth to Create Take-Home Elderly Nutrition Therapy
The Homeplate Food Group has created a partnership with Meals on Wheels and other community organizations to provide nutrition for [MORE]
Chronic Disease Management and Wireless Solutions: Transforming Outcomes. Slashing Costs
With alarming increases in both the incidence and costs of chronic disease management, traditional healthcare innovation has all but failed. [MORE]
Medication and Care Plan Adherence Technologies That Improve Patient Outcomes
The costs of caring for chronically ill patients are skyrocketing, and medication non-adherence is a principal driver of these costs. [MORE]
Sensor Assisted Care
Smart healthcare systems are needed to address the real problems of our aging population. The long term care industry is [MORE]
Software Solutions for Home Health Care
Learning Objectives a. Connecting the Care team. The audience will understand how software is used to connect the care team [MORE]
Traumatic Brain Injury Assessment and Cognitive Rehabilitation
Learning Objectives: Learn about the 21st Century tools that are currently available to diagnose brain injury status and treat cognitive [MORE]
We Love Automation, As Long As It’s Nothing New
OBJECTIVE: To explore and understand the common institutional impediments to innovation.
DESCRIPTION: Based on the observed behavior of many large organizations, [MORE]
Nursing Innovation through Technology: Ideas to Implementation
Over the past two decades healthcare organizations,professional associations and the Institute of Medicine have warned the American public that failure [MORE]
Sick Care Today, Healthcare Tomorrow
Health care today is an oxymoron. People seek out assistance when they have a problem, which creates stressors and [MORE]
Creating a World Class Information System in a Hospital Environment
Violating Conventional Wisdom
This is the story of how violating conventional wisdom resulted in successfully building a hospital clinical information [MORE]
Eyegaze in Medical Applications
Our brains have highly precise control of our eyes. And our eyes are the only parts of our brains that [MORE]
Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)
Innovative Intersection of Endoscopy and Laparoscopy or Deadend?
What is NOTES? Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is vying to be [MORE]
Laboratory Automation Workshop
Developing a Lean Process and Automating Your Clinical Laboratory:Does one Precede the Other?
This workshop will provide an in-depth examination of [MORE]