An opportunity for ATA exhibitors to demonstrate how their products and services meet the needs of the healthcare community…

Canon Medical Systems/UMDNJ
Monday, May 8, 2006
1:45pm-2:15pm

Vision Threatening Diseases Screening
Canon Medical Systems has successfully implemented telephalmology in adult community outreach programs for the detection of vision-threatening diseases (VTDs). With the alarming increase in obesity in school children, early case of diabetic retinopathy among teenagers are on the rise that may lead to vision loss. With the collaboration of industry- in particular its hardware and software development programs- the New Jersey Medical School has initiated a successful school screening program in an effort to identify students at high risk for diabetic retinopathy.

Honeywell HomMed/Genesis VNA and Hospice
Monday, May 8, 2006
2:15pm-2:45pm

Rehospitalizations Reduced Drastically for Chronically ill Patients by
Utilizing Honeywell HomMed Health Monitoring System
Genesis VNA and Hospice has teamed up with Honeywell HomMed to demonstrate how utilizing a telehealth monitoring system will reduce acute care hospitalizations and bring financial benefits to the agency.  Through an actual case study from the Genesis VNA, attendees will see how COPD patients have benefited from the use of the Honeywell HomMed system.  Honeywell HomMed has a nationwide network of partners whose data will also be presented to show the outcomes and benefits of telehealth on other chronic disease states.

ViTel Net/At Home Care
Monday, May 8, 2006
3:00pm-3:30pm

Matching Technology to Patient Acuity Levels
The decreased frequency of inpatient admissions for individuals with chronic conditions is well documented when telehealth services and other interventions are increased. As a 2005 participant in the QIO Acute Care Hospitalization (ACH) project, a retrospective review of CMS-generated data identified commonalities among individuals readmitted to inpatient care while receiving home health services. Incorporating ViTel Net Inc. technologies, the project design focused on matching the level of technology to patient acuity and/ or severity of risk for re-hospitalization. The presenters will discuss a strategy to successfully realign care, costs and outcomes for individuals with a diagnosis of heart failure.

Health Hero Network/Wenatchee Valley Medical Center
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
10:00am-10:30am

Physician Driven Chronic Care Management
Moving to a new model of preventive care for individuals with severe, complex chronic conditions is perhaps the biggest challenge currently facing health care providers and payers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid are meeting this challenge by contracting with select programs to carry out demonstration projects for beneficiaries with complex illness. This session will introduce the Health Buddy Program, one such demonstration project designed to show how medical groups -- with the right incentives and technology -- can help patients with severe chronic conditions lead healthy, happy lives at a dramatically reduced cost.

Informedix/University of Pennsylvania
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
10:45am-11:15am

Improving Medication Adherence
Case Studies that Demonstrate the Most Promising Strategy to Improve Quality and Reduce the Cost of Care Case Studies utilizing new technologies will be presented that promote and monitor medication and care plan adherence in the home. Outcomes document adherence rates greater than 90% in multiple centers across various disease states and significant improvement in biological markers (ex. HbA1C). Based upon review of adherence literature, reductions in cost of care and improvements in quality of care associated with improved medication adherence will be presented. This telemonitoring solution addresses improving adherence and, improving patient safety, (by aiding the patient with complex drug regimens through programmed reminders and daily monitoring) and thus improves quality and cost combined.

Viterion TeleHealthcare/Visiting Nurse Association of Albany
11:15am-11:45pm
Tuesday, May 9, 2006

Getting off the Ground with Telehealth – A Home Health Agency's Experience with Readiness
Viterion TeleHealthcare was chosen by the Visiting Nurse Association of Albany, Inc., (VNA) a New York State Certified Home Health Agency, to provide home telehealth monitoring for their patients with Congestive Heart Failure. The VNA program has been in place for less than a year, but the time invested before program implementation was critical to its internal acceptance and success. Discussion will include: VNA staff involvement and buy-in as an essential element of a new service provision; pre and post patient and VNA staff participation survey results; orientation to the equipment and program; and initial marketing efforts

Second Opinion Software/Blue Cross of California Telemedicine Program
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
2:45pm 3:15pm

What a Successful Program Looks Like
Of the hundreds of Telemedicine programs that have been launched across this country over the past 10 years, one of the most successful is sponsored and administered by Blue Cross of California. Focused initially on Teledermatology, it is now expanding to many other specialties. Using Store and Forward software and live video, the program has conquered the issue of distance from a rural site to a specialist. More impressive, it has cut the wait time for appointments from 100+ days (the usual period for Medicaid patients) to less than a week! Come see what we are doing.

iMetrikus/University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
3:15pm-3:45pm

Improving Asthma Control with Telemedicine Technology
Monitoring of lung function through assessment of asthmatic patients' peak flow trends is a well recognized tool in this disease's management. Consequently peak flow monitoring remains a mainstay in asthma clinical research trials and study outcomes. The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NIHI) suggests that asthma management should strive to be a collaborative effort between patients and their physicians or primary care providers. As the impact of this disease remains an important healthcare issue, how might this collaboration be facilitated? Advantages for research and disease management of a system of electronic lung function monitoring linked with web-based trending & viewing functionality are discussed.

AMD Telemedicine/Home Health & Hospice of Nashua NH
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
4:00pm-4:30pm

Achieving Successful Outcomes with the use of Telehealth
This session will discuss overall with Home Health & Hospice project design including key player job description overview, team involvement and clinical implementation key components. Highlights include patient success stories from multiple disease states and how AMD technology/features are used to highly customize each patients'' monitoring solution to achieve best possible clinical outcomes. The session will also touch on reimbursement/grant topics, outlying branch rollouts, marketing tactics and the importance of the getting entire organization involved. Current program statistics will be reported including the decrease in ER visits/hospitalizations, medication adjustments and physician involvement.

SONY Technology/Deaf Talk
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
4:30pm-5:00pm

SONY Technology/Deaf Talk
Communication between hospital staff and deaf patients has often been difficult or even risky—until recently. Through a new alliance with DT Interpreting, the largest provider of video sign-language interpreting, SONY is making a difference.  This solution is enabling hospital staff to access via teleconferencing on demand, nationally certified Sign Language Interpreters, available to subscribing hospitals 24/7, so that deaf patients can received quality care as expediently as all others.  More than 220 hospitals currently use the service.   Bob Fisher, President, DT Interpreting, will share interesting facts, as well as discuss SONY’s role with this important service.