Technology in Healthcare Innovation Panel and Reception

Join us for this 3rd Annual event as we discover together what new and innovative things are taking place in healthcare today.  We will learn how local companies and organizations right here in Chattanooga are at the forefront of new technologies, devices and practices that are playing a role in improving quality outcomes, reducing costs, or both.  This will be valuable information and GREAT networking.  If you are a healthcare professional, someone transitioning into the healthcare sector, or you just want to learn and network, then DO NOT MISS this event!
 
This will be a limited attendance event, so register soon!  The Reception will include Hors d’ouevres and a cash bar.

FREE to CTC members; $20 non-CTC members. Reservation deadline is Thursday, July 14th.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Many Thanks to our fine sponsors: Infosystems;  Terenine

 

Panelist Information

Panelist #1: Amar Singh, M.D., Chief, Minimally Invasive Surgery Urologic Oncology, Erlanger Health System

Topic: Impact of Modern Technology on Traditional Cancer SurgerySummary: Among the most significant advancements in recent medical history, minimally invasive surgery – also known as robotics – has revolutionized cancer surgery. In many cases, these advanced techniques are replacing traditional open surgery completely. With the help of micro-cameras and robotics, Erlanger surgeons can perform sophisticated surgery through small incisions in the body – some no bigger than a pencil eraser. That means less blood loss, less pain and scarring, faster recoveries, and shorter hospital stays.- Hide quoted text -
 

Panelist #2: Paul Cox,  President, Unosano

Topic:  Mobile, Personal Diabetes Management Summary:  Unosano is launching a secure, cloud based diabetes management platform that provides automated tools that allows users to consolidate, manage, understand, share, and visualize all of their health, fitness, lifestyle, and nutrition information on a single integrated application accessible from any web enabled device. It provides intuitive tools that seamlessly connect the patient with their diabetes educator, nutritionist, and doctors for proper diabetes management and education.  In addition to the software applications,  our gateway device - Glucoped™, allows users to automatically connect/download data to their phone from external devices including glucose meters, insulin pumps, weight scales, heart rate monitors, and blood pressure cuffs.

Panelist #3: Michael Boroch, CEO, IBM SmartRoom

Topic: The “Smart Room”: Helping Caregivers on the Front Line of Patient CareSummary: Many innovations that have made their way to the hospital bedside have unintentionally increased the burden and complexity of front-line health care. At UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center), a “smart” patient room is shifting this paradigm by organizing and simplifying the workflow of front-line clinical staff.  UPMC has teamed with IBM to create a health care technology solution different than most new technologies. This new system, called Smart Room, makes retrieving the right patient information at the right time as simple as walking into the room. The results are more reliable care, higher patient satisfaction, improved efficiency, and lower costs.

Panelist #4: Frank Brooks, Director of Data Management and Information Delivery and Chief Data Architect, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee

Topic:  Consumer-focused Information ArchitectureSummary: To address the future business requirements of both Integrated Health Management and Health Care Reform initiatives, BCBST is transforming its existing information architecture to address the consumer-focused requirements of both initiatives.  This involves changing our traditional data warehousing environment to a more dynamic, close-to-real-time “integrated data hub”.  This transformation includes member master data as well as expanded clinical data that is required to support a member 360-degree view and real-time member engagement.  This new architecture will also support high-speed reporting/analytics, text analytics, predictive analytics, and mobile business intelligence applications while complying with established data governance policies and practices.  

Panelist #5: Thomas Devlin, MD, PhD, Founder and Medical Director, The Chattanooga Center for Neurologic Research

Topic:  Neuronal Protection SystemSummary: In the last five years, ischemic stroke care has been revolutionized. At advanced stroke centers, such as the Erlanger Southeast Regional Stroke Center, physicians can halt and reverse stroke in 30-40% of patients using catheters that capture and extract obstructive clots in the head and neck. Once removed, normal blood flow is restored to the brain. To achieve higher levels of success of 50% or better, the inventors believe that crossing the clot and pumping blood to the brain as soon as a patient is diagnosed will minimize fatal cell death while patients are being transported to a Regional Stroke Center and undergoing a complicated procedure that typically lasts two hours.

Panelist #6: Scotte Hudsmith, CEO, Parental Health

Topic: The Last Mile: A Consumer Driven Virtual ACO (Accountable Care Organization) via MISTY, the Aging in Place Solution Summary: Every day, 10,000 Americans turn 65, and soon, the senior population will reach an astounding 78 million.  This incredible phenomenon poses a unique challenge for our nation’s healthcare system and for every family facing the transition of an aging parent. Parental Health has created MISTY (Medical Information Systems To You) as a solution for this demographic. MISTY gives the senior, disabled or chronically ill patient the ability to connect with the Physician, Hospital, Pharmacy, Home Health Agencies  and Family Caregivers.  The information provided by MISTY enables a consumer driven Virtual Accountable Care Organization. The MISTY platform was designed with maximum flexibility in order to adapt and serve many different scenarios and offer new services as the 78 million potential users’ needs change.