Fall Forum Presentations

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AM Session: 8:00AM - 12:00 PM

The Venture Capital Value Chain
Bernard Harris, Vesalius Ventures ( presentation)

Angel vs. VC Financing
Ram Velidi, Sevin Rosen ( presentation)

What VC's are Really Thinking
Robert Ulrich, Vanguard Ventures ( presentation)

Investment Banking vs. Venture Capital
Peter R. Scott, Silicon Valley Bank ( presentation)

PM Session: 1:30PM - 5:00 PM

Re-defining Telemedicine for Potential Investors
Bernard Harris, Vesalius Ventures

Financing for the Entrepreneurs
Precious Williams, Goldman Sachs

Management is Key for Success
Blake Winchell, Fremont Ventures
Jack Gill, PhD, Vanguard Ventures

OPENING PLENARY

Jay H. Sanders, MD, FACP, FACAAI ( presentation)
President & CEO, The Global Telemedicine Group
Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Adjunct)
McLean, VA

Opening Remarks: The Spectrum of Telemedicine Technology
An overview of the major areas of interest to be covered by this two-day symposium.

• Home health & remote monitoring
  Specialized clinical technology: teleradiology, teledermatology, telepathology, etc.
• Network/system integration services
• Video conferencing
• Software/electronic patient record/web-based solutions

Scott C. Simmons, MS
Program Chair ATA Fall Forum
Assistant Director, The Telemedicine Center
ECU Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Balancing Technical, Political, and Organizational Issues within Your Telemedicine Program
A practical introduction and overview of the many factors involved in buying telemedicine equipment and building your telemedicine network. These seasoned professionals explain how vendors, technology officers and CIO's can successfully work with administrators and clinicians to get their buy-in to new approaches, evaluate technologies, match technologies to clinical needs, and operate in a user-friendly environment.

Ronald S. Weinstein, MD (presentation)
Director, Arizona Telemedicine Program
Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ

Michael Holcomb (presentation)
Associate Director Network Architecture
Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ

Concurrent Sessions

How It's Done
An expert panel of telemedicine program directors discuss how best to deal with the challenges of learning about & adapting to new technology - choosing the right product for the job, what to look for, the steps for success, and lessons learned.

Chair:
Jana Katz, MPH (presentation)
Chief Administrative Officer
UC Davis, Health System
Sacramento, CA

Oscar Boultinghouse, MD (presentation)
Director of Correctional Telemedicine
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX

Critical Issues in Telemedicine Technology I
This panel will address topics to include: HIPAA and FDA regulation, electrical safety, UL standards, certification, and more.

Chair:
A. Stewart Ferguson, PhD (presentation)
Director of Telehealth / AFHCAN
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Anchorage, AK

Douglas J. McClure (presentation)
Corporate Manager
Partners Telemedicine
Boston, MA

Are You Talking To Me?
Technical Interoperability of Telemedicine Systems

This panel will discuss issues related to telemedicine and interoperability. The session will include a "Connect-A-Thon" demonstration of technologies to illustrate interoperability considerations.

Chair: Scott C. Simmons, MS (presentation)
Assistant Director, The Telemedicine Center
ECU Brody School of Medicine
Greenville, NC

Joe D'Iorio
Manager Healthcare Services (presentation)
Tandberg, Inc.
Peabody, MA

Craig Lynar
Vice President, Corporate Solutions Marketing
Polycom
Pleasanton, CA

Jill Gemmill, MSEE
Assistant Director, Academic Computing (presentation)
Office of the Vice President for Information Technology
and Research Assistant Professor
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Integrating Telemedicine Technology Into A Health Information Infrastructure

Richard S. Bakalar, MD
Clinical Solutions Specialist (presentation)
IBM Corporation
Rockville, MD

PLENARY SESSION

Hands-on Demonstrations: Telemedicine Technology Center
Product and service providers will demonstrate a broad range of technology products and services. Meeting participants can go from station-to-station to get first hand experience in operating telemedicine technologies and to learn how various products can be used effectively in the clinical setting.

Concurrent Sessions

Getting Down to Basics:
What Everyone Needs to Know
This session will address how to: design an RFP, conduct a technology needs assessment, decide whether to purchase vs. lease equipment, and more.

Nina M. Antoniotti, PhD, RN, MBA
Program Manager
Marshfield Clinic
Marshfield, WI

Alternative Perspectives: Thinking Outside the Box
The rapid advancement and diffusion of personal computing, internetworking, communications, and consumer electronics technologies have catalyzed fundamental changes in the workplace and society. However, technology-driven changes have been more incremental in the health care and telemedicine industry. Leaders from other technologically-advanced industries will offer their perspectives to provide an alternative vision for the future of telehealth.

Chair:
Dale Averson, MD
Medical Director, Center for Telehealth (presentation)
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Albuquerque, NM

Bill Heil, MS, MBA
President and Chief Operating Officer
WebEx Communications, Inc.
San Jose, CA

Conrad Clyburn
Special Assistant, Director (presentation)
United States Army Medical Research & Materiel Command (USAMRMC), Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), Ft. Detrick, MD

Concurrent Sessions:

The Dollars and Cents of Buying Telemedicine Products
This session will address practical financial issues pertaining to buying and implementing telemedicine technology. Learn how to develop technology specifications and comparables, determine ROI, prepare a budget and justification, how to identify funding sources and finance your equipment, and more.

Chair:
Hon Pak, MD

Mark Vanderwerf
President (presentation)
AMD Telemedicine, Inc.
Lowell, MA

Mike Lemnitzer
Vice President, Business Development (presentation)
ViTel Net
McLean, VA

Jan Sunday, MA
Director-Healthcare/Telemedicine (presentation)
SBC Communications
Hurst, TX

Critical Issues in Telemedicine Technology II
This session will address current and emerging standards, open source development perspectives, and future
telemedicine technologies and applications.

Chair:
Malcolm Clarke, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Telemedicine (presentation)
Brunel University
Department of Information Systems and Computing
Uxbridge, MS
UK

Todd Cooper
IEEE (presentation)
Chair, ISO TC215 WG7 Medical Devices
San Diego, CA

SPECIAL SESSION:

Developing Industry Standards for Telemedicine: A Joint Forum
Sponsored by ATA and the U.S. National Institutes of Standards and Technology
A recent U.S. Department of Commerce report on telemedicine concluded that the development of industry-wide standards will significantly help resolve interoperability issues, support evidence-based practices, lower purchasing costs, assure compliance and promote the rapid development of telemedicine. This innovative, facilitated session will be conducted in a "Fish-Bowl" format with a diverse group of telemedicine technology developers and users/consumers to discuss "technical and operational gaps" and to develop a blueprint for design priorities of the future. It marks the start of a collaborative initiative between ATA, the National Institute of Standards adn Technology and the new U.S. Measurement Systems Initiative to identify and resolve critical technical and operational barriers facing telemedicine.

Facilitators:

Thelma McClosky Armstrong
Director (presentation)
Eastern Montana Telemedicine Network
Billings, MT

Jay H. Sanders, MD, FACP, FACAAI
President & CEO (presentation)
The Global Telemedicine Group
Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Adjunct)
McLean, VA