Sixth Annual eHealth Developers’ Summit Agenda
Thursday, September 29, 2005
7:00AM - 8:00AM: Registration and Breakfast
8:00AM - 8:30AM: Welcome and Orientation
Tom Eng, Chair, eHealth Developers’ Summit
8:30AM - 10:00AM: The State of eHealth 2005 -
Developments in the
eHealth sector during the past year from the consumer, health care
provider, corporate, and government perspectives.
Focus Questions:
- Where is the eHealth sector in 2005? Who are the current and
near term “movers”?
- What is the outlook for consumer, provider, and health care
organization adoption?
- What do eHealth developers need to know about the consumer, provider, health care organization, and government markets?
Moderator:
Ross Martin, Director, Strategic Technology Group, Business Technology &
Information Systems, Pfizer Inc.
Panelists:
Mark Bard, President, Manhattan Research
John Halamka, CIO, Harvard Medical School & CareGroup Health Systems
Vish Sankaran, Technical Advisor, Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information
Technology, US Dept Health & Human Services
10:00AM - 10:30AM: Break
10:30AM - 12:00PM: Lessons Learned in eHealth Commercialization -
Case studies of how some eHealth companies became successful at
commercialization.
Focus Questions:
- What are the lessons learned from successful commercialization strategies?
- What are the pros and cons of various funding sources and business models?
- How should businesses choose the right strategic partners for commercialization?
Moderator:
Ron Ribitzky, Senior Healthcare Strategist, Intel
Corp.
Panelists:
Chris Cartter, President & CEO, QuitNet, Inc.
Ted Dacko, President & CEO, HealthMedia, Inc.
12:00PM - 1:30PM: Lunch with Affinity Groups
1:30PM – 2:30PM: Concurrent Open Space Discussions with Discussion
Leaders - Small groups discuss new developments, problems, and
solutions related to specific eHealth markets. Emphasis on exchanging
experiences.
Discussion Leaders:
Health care organizations and providers - Hank Fanberg,
Information Management Manager, Research & Development, CHRISTUS
Health and Marie Smith, Principal, Executive Edge Group
Consumers - Minna Levine, President, SymTrend, Inc. and
Meredith Nierman, Senior Producer, Health, WGBH
Interactive
Public sector programs - Cynthia Baur, Senior Policy Advisor,
eHealth,
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Dept. of Health and
Human Services and Gregory Franklin, Deputy
Director, Health Information & Strategic Planning, California Department of
Health
Services
2:30PM – 3:30PM: Networking Break
3:30PM - 5:00PM: eHealth Investing Trends - Venture
capitalists and corporate and angel investors discuss the current
environment for
eHealth investing and what investors are looking for.
Focus Questions:
- What types of ventures are VCs, corporate investors, and angels funding in the eHealth/health IT area?
- What specific areas within eHealth/health IT are attractive?
- What attributes do VCs, corporate investors, and angels look for in a deal?
- How can the eHealth entrepreneur get investors to become interested?
Moderator:
Michael Williams, Chapter President, Keiretsu Forum Boston/New
England
Panelists:
Mark Donovan, Principal, Salix Ventures
Andrew Jay, Managing Partner, Medical Solutions Fund, Siemens Venture
Capital
Gary Lubin, Executive, Merck Capital Ventures
Richard Gill, Member, Launchpad Venture Group and President & CEO,
ActiveCyte Holdings
Valerie Mosley-Diamond, Member, Investors' Circle
5:00PM - 6:30PM: Table Demos - One-to-one table top demos of
products or services to solicit feedback on a
product/project, or to initiate partnerships or collaborations.
Demos:
Expanding Circles of Support: The New Generation of Services in the
Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System (CHESS) – University of
Wisconsin
Overweight in Childhood Internet Intervention-Mentoring System – eHealth
International
Patient Adherence Management System – Clinication, Inc.
MedSignals Pro Pillbox for Research Data Capture – LIFETECHniques, Inc.
Symptom Tracking, Charting and Reminding – SymTrend, Inc.
The Prostate Interactive Education System (PIES) A Multimedia Software for
Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer – Mount
Sinai School of Medicine
PatientPlanner: Practical E-Health and Point of Care Decision Support –
DocSite
Engaging Families About Health – KidsHealth
Healia® Health Search Engine – Healia, Inc.
Patient2Patient's Medical WebGuides – Patient2Patient
Online eHealth Initiatives – WGBH (PBS) Boston
Computerized HIV Prevention Counseling for Clinics and Outreach –
Resources Online
6:30PM – 8:30PM: Dinner and Keynote
Update from eHealth WIT Team winners from last two years.
Keynote:
"The Future of eHealth: A Perspective from a Physician, Venture
Capitalist, and Astronaut” - Dr. Bernard Harris
Dr. Bernard Harris is currently President & CEO of Vesalius Ventures, Inc.,
a business accelerator for Medical Informatics and Technology. Dr. Harris
was a veteran NASA astronaut for over eleven years and has logged more than
438 hours and traveled over 7.2 million miles in space. On his second
flight, Dr. Harris conducted the first telemedicine conference from space.
He holds several faculty appointments including,
Associate Professor at the University of Texas Medical
Branch and Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Harris
has a Master of Medical Science from the University of Texas Medical Branch
at Galveston, a MBA from the University
of Houston and a MD from Texas Tech University School of
Medicine. Throughout his career, he has received numerous awards and
recognition, including the 2000 Horatio Alger Award. He is also a licensed
private pilot.
Friday, September 30, 2005
6:00AM – 7:30AM: eHealth Summit Prediction 5K Fun Run/Walk-
Prediction run
with prizes to those who come closest to predicting their finishing
time. Walk, run, and wheelchair.
7:30AM – 8:30AM: Breakfast
8:30AM – 8:45AM: Welcome to Day 2
8:45AM – 10:15AM: eHealth Sales and Marketing - Purchasing
decisionmakers from health care organizations discuss
how developers should address their needs and frame the value proposition.
Focus Questions:
- What are the pressing needs of health care organizations that eHealth can help address?
- What factors do health care organization decisionmakers consider when evaluating eHealth products?
- How can eHealth developers work collaboratively with health care organizations to improve eHealth products?
Moderator:
Gary Austin, Vice President, MEDecision and Director, CollaboraCare
Consortium
Panelists:
Scott Young, Director, Client Services & Program Evaluation,
Health & Wellness Services, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of RI
Robert Mandel, COO, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
Bob Tavares, Vice President, eBusiness Development,
UnitedHealthcare
10:30AM - 12:00PM:Best eHealth Research Results and Translating
Findings into eHealth Practice - Presentations by the finalists for
the "Best
eHealth Research Paper Award" for 2005 as selected from a national
competition. Followed by a research into practice discussion of how
research findings will be incorporated and disseminated into practice and
the marketplace.
Focus Questions:
- What does the latest research tell us about product development, implementation, and effectiveness?
- What are the best ways to disseminate information about research on effective products?
- How can eHealth developers incorporate research results into the design of their products?
Moderator:
David Ahern, Director, Health eTechnologies Initiative
Presentations:
Arthritis Self-Management Online: A Randomized 6-Month Trial - Kate
Lorig, Diana Laurent, Kathryn Plant, Philip Ritter, Stanford University of
Medicine
CLINDOC - a Software Tool for Detection of Clinical Inertia in Management
of Hypertension through Analysis of Free Text Physician Notes -
Alexander Turchin, Partners HealthCare System, Inc.; Merri L
Pendergrass, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Jonathan S Einbinder, Partners
HealthCare System, Inc.
An Efficacious eHealth Application of At-Risk Adolescents -
Marguerita
Lightfoot and Gabriel Stover, UCLA Department of Psychiatry; Victor LaCour,
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Impact of Patient-Centered Decision Support on Quality of Asthma Care in
the Emergency Department -
Stephen Porter, Peter Forbes, Henry Feldman, Donald Goldmann, Children's
Hospital Boston
Weight Loss on the Web: A Pilot Study Comparing a Commercial Website to a
Structured Behavioral Intervention - Beth Casey Gold, University of
Vermont (UVM); Susan Burke, eDiets.com; Paul Buzzell, UVM; Stephen
Pintauro, UVM; Jean Harvey-Berino, UVM
Research Presentation Review Panel:
Kerry Evers, Director of Health Behavior Change Projects, Pro-Change
Christopher Sciamanna, Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy,
Jefferson Medical College
Pam Whitten, Professor of Communication, Purdue University
12:00PM - 1:30PM: Lunch with Affinity Groups
1:30PM – 2:30PM: Concurrent Mini-Seminars - Hot eHealth
topics.
Presenters:
IP Protection and Management - Bob Hunt, Shareholder, Wolf,
Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
eHealth Branding and Product Identity - Darrell Atkin, President, The
Launch Pad
2:30PM - 4:00PM:
eHealth Development for Global Audiences -
Multinational applications for healthcare, and population and public
health, including surveillance, health outcomes, health promotion, and
bioterrorism efforts.
Focus Questions:
- What are the different needs and expectations internationally in regards to eHealth applications, and how do these differ by region?
- How can US developers work internationally and accommodate global needs in designing and implementing eHealth applications?
- What are the best business practices for developing, marketing, and implementing eHealth applications for global audiences?
Moderator:
Linda M. Harris, Senior Health Communication Scientist, Health
Communication and Informatics Branch, National Cancer Institute
Panelists:
Vikram S Kumar, Co-Founder and CEO, Dimagi, Inc.
Dirk Schroeder, Executive Vice President, HispaniCare
4:00PM – 4:30PM: Summary and Adjourn
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