MIT Ent Forum: Sensing Opportunities in Mobile Health

When: Mon September 13, 2010 6:00 pm

Organization: MIT Enterprise Forum

Location: MIT Stata Center, Room 141, 32 Vassar Street

Website: http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/Events/Sensing_opportunities_in_mobile_health.html

It could be a clinic in rural Mexico, a personal trainer in Beverly Hills, or a hospital in Dallas — all face a universal care-giving challenge — how to bring better health to more people using fewer resources. One strategy showing real success — for patients, physicians, technologists, and investors — brings together biometric sensing and mobile platforms. Tonight’s panel brings together four of this emerging industry’s leading innovators for a discussion — led by one of its leading market researchers — on what is happening now, what is about to happen and, most importantly, why.

Monday, September 13th 6:00 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m. (Light buffet dinner 6:00 - 6:30)

COST: Free for SIG members; $20 for guests

Panelists:

• Adorian N. Ignat — Director Integrated Business Solutions - Healthcare for Sprint. With primary involvement in hospitals and accute healthcare, Mr. Ignat’s role is to develop a unified go-to-market strategy for Sprint’s heatlhcare business encompassing all relevant Sprint technologies, industry solutions and products. Prior to joining Sprint he was the Director of Information Technology for North Bronx Healthcare Network (NBHN), a network of two teaching hospitals for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, several medical practices and a Level One Trauma Center, with a total combined workforce of over 5000.
• William Cameron Powell MD, FACOG — President, Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder Dallas-based AirStrip Technologies. An obstetrician by training, Dr. Powell stopped practicing in 2008 to devote himself full-time to developing a technology platform that securely delivers critical patient information, including virtual real-time waveform data, from hospital systems to a doctor or nurse’s smart phone, laptop or desktop throughout the healthcare enterprise. Used in hospitals throughout the U.S., AirStrip, is one of the world’s most reliable mobile software solutions, providing secure, remote access to virtual real-time, medical waveform data.
• Leo Anthony Celi, MD, MPH, MS — Co-founder of Sana, an MIT-based organization dedicated to revolutionizing healthcare delivery to underserved populations in remote areas. Sana’s end-to-end system seamlessly connects patients to medical specialists for faster, high quality, and more cost effective diagnosis and intervention. The challenges include poor cellular coverage, intermittent connectivity, multiple standards, incompatible networks and cultural differences. The solution employs packetization, a synchronization model, and multi-modal data transport in a mobile-centric system that also supports alternatives like WiFi and tethered uploads for bandwidth-constrained situations.
• Doug McClure — Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Operations for Healthrageous, Inc., a connected personalized health company leveraging biometric sensors, smart phones and inspirational support to help people shed unhealthy habits, embrace healthy lifestyles and achieve health and wellness goals. Mr. McClure developed the technologies on which Healthrageous is based while chief technology officer at the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare, whose founders are Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is also a past chair of the American Telemedicine Association’s RFID Special Interest Group.
• Steve Hilton (panel moderator) — lead analyst for the Enterprise Research Program of Analysy Mason, a UK-based global IT consultancy. Areas of specialization include M2M, mobile enterprise solutions, cloud services, IT and communications products and sales channels. Mr. Hilton has 17 years' experience in technology and communications marketing. Prior to joining Analysys Mason, he managed the Enterprise and SMB team at Yankee Group. He has also held senior positions at Lucent Technologies, TDS and Cambridge Strategic Management Group (CSMG). A frequent speaker at industry and client forums, Mr. Hilton publishes monthly articles in several respected trade journals for the enterprise and channel partner community. He holds a degree in economics from the University of Chicago and a Master's degree in marketing from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.