Martin S. Kohn, MD
Consultant

As a former chief medical scientist of IBM research, Martin Kohn, M.D., used big data to help design the Watson supercomputer so it would better support the work of practicing physicians. More recently, he served as chief medical scientist at Sentrian, creating predictive analytic systems integrating home monitoring with longitudinal health data for patients with complex chronic diseases. Today, Dr. Kohn consultant and strategist in the use of healthcare data for clinical decision support and health policy development, aiding organizations preparing for the transformation of healthcare. In this keynote presentation, Dr. Kohn provides his vision of the impact of data and telemedicine on healthcare transformation.

Ralph Derrickson
Consultant, Former CEO at Carena, Inc. and Former Senior Vice President, Strategy and Development at Avizia

Kim Jacobs
Vice President of Strategic Business & Consumer Innovation at UPMC Health Plan

A leader in telemedicine, UPMC launched its 24/7 Telestroke program nearly 13 years ago and has since expanded both in-patient and out-patient telehealth services. These services now include over 60 clinical specialties at more than 106 locations, and direct to patients’ homes since 2013 via UPMC AnywhereCare. More than 25,000 patients have accessed on-demand clinical care via the AnywhereCare platform. Kim Jacobs, vice president of strategic business & consumer innovation at UPMC Health Plan shares insights, outcomes, and their vision for UPMC’s telemedicine program.

Jeanine Maier
Executive Director of Consumer Engagement, Kaiser Permanente
Katie Wilson, RD
Manager of Telemedicine and Mobility for the Mid-Atlantic, Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente’s unique, integrated model supports secure and reliable virtual care connections among patients and providers. Even more, virtual care allows Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States to advance its mission to provide right care to the right patient at the right time and place - especially the time and place that are most convenient for the patient. Practical use cases and case studies for virtual care technologies will be shared.

Dennis Truong, MD
Regional Director of Telemedicine and Mobility, Kaiser Permanente
Kevin Galpin, MD
Executive Director, Telehealth Services, Office of Connected Care, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Vimal Mishra, MD
Medical Director, Office of Telemedicine, Virginia Commonwealth University

With a philosophy of expansion at the core of its strategy, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System takes a different approach to telehealth than some other healthcare systems, explains Vimal Mishra, M.D., medical director of telehealth, by keeping in mind the value streams of access, experience, effectiveness and care redesign. While VCU has provided telehealth services for the past 20 years, it is expanding to a direct-to-consumer telehealth service, which has required care redesign. In this session, Dr. Mishra presents how VCU has transitioned to a DTC telehealth model and the impact on physician burnout, over-booked clinics, patient satisfaction and quality of care.

Michael Hasselberg, PhD
Director of Telepsychiatry and Director, Project ECHO®, University of Rochester Medical Center

In New York State alone, the number of adults age 65 or older will almost double from 2.5 million in 2016 to 4 million by 2030, and the number of elderly patients with mental illness is expected to rise from 495,000 to 772,000 by that time. But fewer than 50 geriatric psychiatrists are graduating from domestic schools each year. Treating depression, dementia and other mental health issues in the geriatric population presents unique challenges for professionals in the field. Hear from Michael Hasselberg, Ph.D., RN, PMHNP-BC, director of telepsychiatry and director, Project ECHO, University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), who is leading innovative telehealth efforts to provide mental health treatment to elderly patients in rural areas.

Robert Plotkin
Chief Executive Officer, Arcadian Telepsychiatry Services LLC

Robert Plotkin, CEO of Arcadian Telepsychiatry Services, provides an interesting look at how technology is used to improve overall behavioral healthcare and reduce overall costs to the system.” MYnd Analytics, which acquired Arcadian in November 2017, brings its data analytics capabilities to Arcadian’s telepsychiatry and tele-mental health services – in a highly strategic partnership that will greatly improve mental health outcomes, reduce trial and error prescribing, and lower overall healthcare costs.

Hassan Tetteh, MD
Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Captain, Medical Corps, United States Navy; Thoracic Staff Surgeon for MedStar Health and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Join your colleagues for this inspirational keynote presentation by Hassan Tetteh, M.D., a board-certified heart and lung transplant surgeon, best-selling author and popular speaker who inspires people to focus on the heart of all that really matters in life. His life-changing perspective came from growing up as a kid on the streets of Brooklyn to serving as a combat surgeon in the desert of Afghanistan, from his time as a visiting scholar in the Congressional Budget Office to his success as an 18-time marathon finisher on two continents. Having overcome his own near-death experience, Hassan never ceases to “go the distance” in all he does. As physician health policy advisor and lead of the futures and innovation team at U.S. Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Dr. Tetteh says, “Innovation is simply making connections; having the right idea for the right people at the right time.”

Judd Hollander, MD
Senior Vice President for Healthcare Delivery Innovation, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Dean for Strategic Health Initiatives, Sidney Kimmel Medical College; Professor & Vice Chair of Finance & Healthcare Enterprises, Department of Emergency Medicine

Judd Hollander, M.D., who is the director of the JeffConnect® Progam, brings his expertise to discuss what healthcare organizations and physicians can do to improve physician engagement, and the leadership and clinical skills needed. He discusses team and communication skills, clinical skills training business fundamentals and research knowledge needed to deliver quality patient care through telehealth.

Martin Doerfler, MD
Senior Vice President, Clinical Strategy and Development, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Northwell Health; Medical Director, Center for Learning and Innovation, Northwell Health; Professor of Medicine and Science Education, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Vimal Mishra, MD
Medical Director, Office of Telemedicine; Physician Informaticist, Office of Clinical Transformation; Assistant Professor of Medicine and Health Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University
TBA
Moderated by Ralph Derrickson
Consultant, Former CEO at Carena, Inc. and Former Senior Vice President, Strategy and Development at Avizia

Ralph Derrickson
Consultant
Judd Hollander, MD
SVP for Healthcare Delivery Innovation, Thomas Jefferson University
Martin Kohn, MD
Consultant
Steven Locke, MD
Chief Medical Officer, iHope Network
Moderated by Adam Darkins, MD
President and CEO, Empiricon LLC; chief strategy officer of AristaMD

Telehealth, Risk Management and the Need for Accreditation

Telehealth is exploding – and this means that the risks are also rising. Issues include regulatory and policy, malpractice complexity, standard of care, cybersecurity, prescriptions, patient privacy and more. In this engaging, interactive workshop we’ll discuss the risks in telehealth, and the need for telehealth accreditation to help organizations mitigate the growing risks. While there are no federal regulations or payer requirements for accreditation to deliver telehealth services, there needs to be a discussion about how accreditation may be one solution that ensures strategic partners, consumers, legal and regulatory entities that your organization has the necessary components to improve quality of care, increase efficiency and accountability, monitor for compliance, and ensure consumer protection.

Led by international telehealth consultant Adam Darkins, M.D., president and CEO of Empiricon, LLC, and chief strategy officer of AristaMD, and by Ralph Derrickson, consultant and former president and CEO of Carena, Inc., and former SVP of Avizia, be prepared for an engaging, interactive workshop that will include invited guest speakers with legal and regulatory perspectives.

This is an optional in-person only workshop for an additional fee of $200. The workshop will not be offered for live-stream registration. You will have the option to add this workshop to your in-person registration during the checkout process.