GrandCare Systems’ Laura Mitchell to speak on AT&T’s panel at mHealth
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AT&T Presents:
Independent Living Thru Technology
Session Overview
With the challenges facing the U.S. healthcare system – increasing demand, spiraling costs and limited resources – it’s not surprising that providers and consumers alike are feeling the pressure to use resources more efficiently and cost effectively. The good news is that technology and emerging care delivery models now make it possible to have care delivered in the home or on the go. This discussion will center on aging in place technologies and the future of the digital home. We’ll explore how the use of smartphones, tablets and other mobile, connected technologies can play a central role in enabling the patient centered medical home, improve quality of life, enhance peace of mind, and ultimately create the framework for independent living and patient self-management.
Session Objectives
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Explore emerging care delivery models as healthcare moves away from volume-based to value-based care.
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Discuss the role the digital home can play in patient centered medical homes.
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Learn how mobile technologies can empower patient self-management and independent living.
Speakers
Nasrin Dayani, Executive Director, AT&T ForHealth℠, AT&T Advanced Business
Nick Martin, Vice President, Innovation and R&D, UnitedHealth Group
James Mault, Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Qualcomm Life, Inc.
Laura Mitchell, Vice President Business Development, GrandCare Systems
Bill Walsh, Senior Advisor, AARP
Learn More at http://www.mhealthsummit.org/program-details/att.
“PREDICTION – mHEALTH REVIVES MONITORING: The stationary nature of in-home activity and telehealth monitoring will give way to a disconnect-and-go tablet world that can be docked at home and plays nicely with a cell/smart cellular model. For those walking the floors at CES, you will see tablet apps of every type flowering hither and yon – perhaps you’ll see them tether to a phone. RIM, the anti-marketer, produced an early version of this with the Playbook-BlackBerry tethering. Why not a few tablet apps for seniors (in addition to health and activity monitoring) that sync up with a phone-like device? It may be like trying to cram a large box into a flat rectangle, to start at the hardware end — look at Care Innovations Guide, for example. Why not a partnership between a fitness device vendor (like Fitbit or Philips DirectLife) and a remote monitoring vendor like BeClose or Healthsense? And software-only products like Independa and GrandCare may well benefit from both platform flexibility and a new interest in combining activity sensors and health monitoring.”
