There were three tracks this afternoon, and I chose the wireless track (of course). The moderator was Stan Kachnowski, Chair of the HIT Lab at Columbia University, who ran a tight ship and provided great context for the various speakers.
Investment banker, Rob McCray of TripleTree, provided a great overview of wireless technologies and the current […]
Kathleen Albright, VP of Honeywell HomMed, closed the keynotes for the day. Kathleen summarized the day and presented HomMed's vision for HU in the future. Reimbursement remains a significant barrier to adoption. Honeywell has been very successful at penetrating the home health market; they have monitored more than 350,000 patients through their home health customer […]
Astro Teller, CEO of Bodymedia, kicked things off after lunch with a talk about lifestyle as health care's major missing input. The principal is not to start with today's health care industry and enhance it with some technology. Market adoption of HU requires that vendors think differently - linear thinking starting with traditional health care […]
Erik Olsen, current president of AARP, presented perspectives on health care as seen by the stakeholders that he represents. AARP's goal is to create a reformed, patient focused, universal coverage based health care system that controls cost. They want to see a phased approach to transforming health care in the U.S. He recounted the history […]
I'm going to be blogging the Healthcare Unbound converence, today and tomorrow. These posts will be posted quickly, so you might want to check back later to find a more readable text, photos, and perhaps some more complete thoughts.
Lots of new technology, nascent clinical validation, and a rich stew of startups and large multi national […]
