Transforming Health Care Through Technology Agenda and Handouts
NCSL Legislative Summit
August 6-7, 2012
Monday| Tuesday
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Monday, August 6, 2012
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10: 30 am-11:30 am
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Transforming Health Care Through Technology Partnership Business Meeting
Members of the steering committee will review the accomplishments of this Foundation for State Legislatures’ Partners Project.
Presiding:
- Senator Richard T. Moore, Massachusetts
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11:45 am-1:15 pm
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Mobile Health Technologies
Co-sponsored by the Communications, Financial Services and Interstate Commerce Committee and the Transforming Health Care Through Technology Partnership
Learn about advancements in home health care and explore the ways that mobile technologies are revolutionizing how health care is delivered.
Co-Moderators:
- Delegate Joe T. May, Virginia
- Senator Jeremy J. Nordquist, Nebraska
Panelists:
- Chuck Davidson, Advanced Communications Law and Policy, New York
- Trish Enright, AT&T, Illinois
- Kathleen Webster, Loyola University Medical Center, Illinois
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
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1:00 pm-2:15 pm
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Revolutionizing Care Through Telehealth Technologies
Co-sponsored by the Communications, Financial Services and Interstate Commerce Committee and the Transforming Health Care Through Technology Partnership
With an additional 32 million people estimated to gain health insurance coverage by 2014, states are looking for innovative ways to expand services to underserved and rural areas. Telehealth or telemedicine is emerging as a critical piece in the puzzle. Find out how states are working to expand services and hear about three examples.
Moderator:
- Representative Rosie M. Berger, Wyoming
Speakers:
- Professor John Blum, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Illinois
- Daniel Johnson, Pediatric Patient Care Services, University of Chicago Medicine, Illinois
- Tom Richards, Apollo Telemedicine, Wyoming
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For more information, contact Pam Greenberg.