Transforming Health Care Through Technology Agenda and Handouts
NCSL Legislative Summit
August 6-7, 2012
 

Monday| Tuesday

Monday, August 6, 2012

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

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
  • Chuck Davidson’s handout
• Trish Enright, AT&T, Illinois
  • Trish Enright's presentation
• Kathleen Webster, Loyola University Medical Center, Illinois
  • Dr. Webster’s presentation
     

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
  • John Blum's presentation
• Daniel Johnson, Pediatric Patient Care Services, University of Chicago Medicine, Illinois
  • Daniel Johnson's presentation
• Tom Richards, Apollo Telemedicine, Wyoming
  • Tom Richards' presentation