Future of Telehealth: Essential Tools and Technologies for Clinical Research and Care

 

June 25-26, 2009
Natcher Conference Center, NIH

 

Thursday, June 25, 2009
7:30-8:15 AM Registration and continental breakfast
8:15-8:30 AMWelcoming remarks

Barbara Alving, M.D. National Center for Research Resources, NIH
Betsy Humphreys, M.L.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), NIH
John Ruffin, Ph.D. National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH

8:30-9:00 AMNIH Telemedicine Support: Historical Overview, Expectations for the Future

Michael Ackerman, Ph.D NLM/NIH [pdf]

  Fostering Telehealth Services to Improve Access in Medically Underserved Communities: What We Know and What We Need to Know

Dena Puskin, Sc.D. Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT), HHS [pdf]

9:00-9:30 AMFrontiers in Telehealth and Cybermedicine Research

Dale Alverson, M.D. University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center [pdf]

9:30-10:00 AMThe Future of Wireless Medicine

Eric J. Topol, M.D. Scripps Translational Science Institute & West Wireless Health Institute [pdf]

10:00-10:30 AMNetworking break, technology demonstrations
10:30 AM-12:30PMPlenary Panel: Telehealth and Innovation Implementation - Moving from Promise to Practice

Moderator, Karen Rheuban, M.D. University of Virginia [pdf]
Thomas S. Nesbitt, M.D., M.P.H. University of California, Davis [pdf]
Adam Darkins, M.D. Veterans Health Administration [pdf]
Eliot Siegel, M.D. University of Maryland School of Medicine [pdf]
Jay Sanders, M.D. The Global Telemedicine Group [pdf]

12:30-1:30 PMLunch on your own, technology demonstrations

Lunch can be purchased in the Natcher Conference Center

1:30-2:00 PMKeynote address

Joe Kvedar, M.D. Partners HealthCare Center for Connected Health [pdf]

2:00-2:30 PMIndustry perspective

Deepak Ayyagari, Ph.D., MSEE Continua Health Alliance and Sharp Laboratories [pdf]

2:30- 3:00 PMNetworking break, move to concurrent breakout sessions
3:00-5:00 PMConcurrent panel breakout sessions
Session 1Developing Next-Generation Telehealth Tools and Technologies

Moderator, Michael Ackerman, Ph.D. National Library of Medicine (NLM), NIH [pdf]
Insup Lee, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania [pdf]
Lawrence Burgess, M.D. University of Hawaii Telehealth Research Institute [pdf]
Ronald K. Poropatich, M.D. U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel Command [pdf]

Session 2 Implementation and Evaluation of Telehealth Tools and Technologies

Moderator, Dena S. Puskin, Sc.D. HRSA/OAT
Stewart Ferguson, Ph.D Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium [pdf]
Elizabeth Krupinski, Ph.D. University of Arizona [pdf]
Ryan J. Spaulding, Ph.D., Kansas University Center for Telemedicine & Telehealth [pdf]

Session 3Innovations in Health Education and Training

Moderator, José G. Conde, M.D., M.P.H. University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus
Dwight Meglan, Ph.D. Simquest Inc [pdf]
Suvranu De, Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [pdf]
W. Edward Johansen III, MSEE, JD Global Research & Education Networks [pdf]
Richard W. Hall, M.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences [pdf]

5:00 PMAdjourn
Friday, June 26, 2009
7:30-8:30 AMRegistration and continental breakfast
8:30-10:30 AMConcurrent panel breakout sessions
Session 4Innovation Networks for Improving Access and Quality Across the Health Care Ecosystem

Moderator, Joe Ternullo Partners HealthCare
Mark Carroll, M.D. Indian Health Service
Jay Shore, M.D., University of Colorado [pdf]
Michelle Proser, M.P.P., National Association of Community Health Centers [pdf]
Judith James, M.D. Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation [pdf]

Session 5 Telehealth Tools for Public Health Systems and Disaster Preparedness

Moderator, Dale Alverson, M.D.University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center [pdf]
Charles Magruder, M.D. CDC [pdf]
Karen Edison, M.D. University of Missouri [pdf]
Craig Miller HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT [pdf]
Larry Flournoy Texas A&M University [pdf]

Session 6Advances in Telehealth Research in the VA Health Care System

Moderator: Adam Darkins, M.D. Veterans Health Administration
Bonnie J. Wakefield, , Ph.D., RNVA Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa [pdf]
John Fortney, Ph.D. Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System [pdf]
Peter Tuerk, Ph.D Medical University of South Carolina and Charleston VAMC [pdf]
Hayden B. Bosworth Ph.D. VA Medical Center, Durham [pdf]

10:30-11:00 AMNetworking break (moderators and recorders prepare summaries from breakout sessions)
11:00AM-12:00PM Breakout Sessions

Session #1 Moderator: Michael Ackerman, Ph.D. [pdf]
Session #2 Moderator: Dena Puskin, Sc.D.
Session #3 Moderator: José G. Conde, M.D., M.P.H. [pdf]
Session #4 Moderator: Joe Ternullo
Session #5 Moderator: Dale Alverson, M.D.[pdf]
Session #6 Moderator: John Fortney, Ph.D. [pdf]

12:00-12:30 PMWrap up and summary of recommendations to NIH

Mark Carroll, M.D. Indian Health Service

12:30 PMAdjourn
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