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

June 25-26, 2009
Natcher Conference Center, NIH

PRELIMINARY AGENDA

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Thursday, June 25, 2009
7:30-8:15 AM	Registration and continental breakfast
8:15-8:30 AM	Welcoming 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 AM	NIH Telemedicine Support: Historical Overview, Expectations for the Future Michael Ackerman, Ph.D NLM/NIH
	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
9:00-9:30 AM	Frontiers in Telehealth and Cybermedicine Research Dale Alverson, M.D. University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
9:30-10:00 AM	The Future of Wireless Medicine Eric J. Topol, M.D. Scripps Translational Science Institute & West Wireless Health Institute
10:00-10:30 AM	Networking break, technology demonstrations
10:30 AM-12:30PM	Plenary Panel: Telehealth and Innovation Implementation - Moving from Promise to Practice Moderator, Karen Rheuban, M.D. University of Virginia Thomas S. Nesbitt, M.D., M.P.H. University of California, Davis Adam Darkins, M.D. Veterans Health Administration Eliot Siegel, M.D. University of Maryland School of Medicine Jay Sanders, M.D. The Global Telemedicine Group
12:30-1:30 PM	Lunch on your own, technology demonstrations Lunch can be purchased in the Natcher Conference Center
1:30-2:00 PM	Keynote address Joe Kvedar, M.D. Partners HealthCare Center for Connected Health
2:00-2:30 PM	Industry perspective Deepak Ayyagari, Ph.D., MSEE Continua Health Alliance and Sharp Laboratories
2:30- 3:00 PM	Networking break, move to concurrent breakout sessions
3:00-5:00 PM	Concurrent panel breakout sessions
Session 1	Developing Next-Generation Telehealth Tools and Technologies Moderator, Michael Ackerman, Ph.D. National Library of Medicine (NLM), NIH Insup Lee, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Lawrence Burgess, M.D. University of Hawaii Telehealth Research Institute Ronald K. Poropatich, M.D. U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel Command
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 Elizabeth Krupinski, Ph.D. University of Arizona Ryan J. Spaulding, Ph.D., Kansas University Center for Telemedicine & Telehealth
Session 3	Innovations 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 Suvranu De, Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute W. Edward Johansen III, MSEE, JD Global Research & Education Networks Richard W. Hall, M.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
5:00 PM	Adjourn
Friday, June 26, 2009
7:30-8:30 AM	Registration and continental breakfast
8:30-10:30 AM	Concurrent panel breakout sessions
Session 4	Innovation 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 Michelle Proser, M.P.P., National Association of Community Health Centers Judith James, M.D. Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Session 5	Telehealth Tools for Public Health Systems and Disaster Preparedness Moderator, Dale Alverson, M.D.University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Charles Magruder, M.D. CDC Karen Edison, M.D. University of Missouri Craig Miller HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT Larry Flournoy Texas A&M University
Session 6	Advances 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 John Fortney, Ph.D. Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Peter Tuerk, Ph.D Medical University of South Carolina and Charleston VAMC Hayden B. Bosworth Ph.D. VA Medical Center, Durham
10:30-11:00 AM	Networking break (moderators and recorders prepare summaries from breakout sessions)
11:00AM-12:00PM	Reports from breakout sessions panel moderators
12:00-12:30 PM	Wrap up and summary of recommendations to NIH Mark Carroll, M.D. Indian Health Service
12:30 PM	Adjourn