Learn how companies work with customers to develop telemedicine solutions that successfully meet the needs of healthcare providers and patients.  Telemedicine Case Studies document an example of how a specific individual or group of individuals benefited from telemedicine, why telemedicine technology was an appropriate solution, how it was used and the specific outcome.  (Please note: CEU credit is not available for these sessions.)

Viterion Telehealthcare
Home Health Outcomes in a CHF Population:  A Study of Patients Using Telehealth vs. Patients not Using Telehealth
9:00am – 9:30am
Previous evaluations of the benefits of telemonitoring have lacked true experimental design, including randomized assignment to the study groups.  The study being discussed today is no exception.  Because of the limited number of monitors available, sicker patients were often given preference to be put on telemonitors, thus possibly skewing the results of the study.  In spite of this, the reduced hospitalization rates and positive patient feedback point to the benefit of telemonitoring and the possibility of not only reducing hospitalizations but also altering the disease process.

Aerotel Medical Systems
The Benefits of Cardiac Telemedicine in Primary Care - UK Case Study
9:30am - 10:00am
Learn about the benefits demonstrated by a new cardiac telemedicine service in the UK. The service is provided by BroomWell Healthwatch, a cardiac monitoring service center, using Aerotel Medical Systems’ ECG monitoring devices. Patients can obtain rapid diagnosis and advice over the telephone -  their condition can be diagnosed within minutes and the necessary advice given.
A study conducted by the UK’s NHS will be described that has identified the service benefits:
• Time savings for patients, clinicians and administrators
• Access to reliable ECG interpretation supports clinical diagnosis
• Reduced number of unnecessary hospital admissions
• Significant financial savings, that could reach $90 million per annum for the whole of England

GlobalMedia Group
Partnership with Loyola University – One Year Later…
10:30am - 11:00am
One year ago, GlobalMedia Group, LLC, entered into an agreement with Loyola University Medicial Center, in Chicago, IL, to provide audio and visual solutions to facilitate the hospital’s telemedicine initiative.   Because healthcare professionals are stretched thin, GlobalMedia’s visual communications solutions  help doctors and nurses to be in two places at once, enabling them to examine patients from a remote location.  Learn what has happended after a year of integrating this application into the telemedicine protocol.

Kai Sensors
Non-Contact Vital Signs Monitoring: 24/7 Through Clothing and Barriers, and From a Distance
11:00am -11:30am
Kai Sensors (KaiSensors.com), is revolutionizing the health care industry with its state-of-the-art, non-contact vital signs monitoring technology.  The company’s products enable the collection of heart and respiration data without requiring contact with subjects.  The technology is flexible and powerful as it works through clothing for multiple subjects  at various frequencies and distances, and is compact and easy to use.  Cost-effective, compact devices will be deployed in the health care market.  With its powerful capabilities, learn how Kai Sensors’ products will feature 24/7 monitoring, non-invasive collection of vital signs data, and unmatched convenience and comfort for subjects of various ages and conditions.

Providea
Video Conferencing Technologies Help Fight San Diego Wildfires
11:30am - 12:00pm
Providea is very proud to have partnered with the City of San Diego’s public safety agencies to design, develop and implement an integrated communications network which allows multiple agencies to share real-time data and provide immediate collaboration
during large-scale incidents, such as the devastating wildfires of 2007.  Videoconferencing technology is at the root of the communications network and includes helicopter and satellite direct feeds to the regional command and control center.
Providea designed a custom solution for the City of San Diego by combining TANDBERG and V-Brick Systems hardware, room design and integration by SPINITAR, and support services by Providea.

Parks Associates
Technology Meets Medicine: Business Models and Distribution Strategy
1:45pm - 2:15pm
Hear from Parks Associate's digital health analyst, Harry Wang, who will provide his views on  the current telehealth and telecare market and discuss existing and potential new business models for marketing digital health applications and services. Harry will highlight market opportunities through innovative product design, aggressive pursuit of business partners, and proactive dialogue with key stakeholders. He will also share the latest advances in home networking, sensor and fixed and mobile communication technologies and their impact on healthcare delivery. The session will conclude with his forecast of the market potential for these telehealth services.

Providea
Peering Networks
2:15pm - 2:45pm
Healthcare organizations are experiencing an increasing demand for conducting video conferences externally to their existing enterprise network.  IT administrators are tasked with solving this problem, while ensuring that critical data remains secure within their own environment.  Providea's Universal Connectivity platform was designed to solve the problems that exist with secure communications over different IP networks regardless of carrier, policy, and access methodology.  The platform allows organizations to leverage their existing IP networks to communicate with external partners and patients without compromising security. This platform is an architecture that combines network connectivity to over 150 global carriers, IPV Gateways Connectivity Plus platform infrastructure, and our SD and HD bridging communications platforms that are secure and scalable.