Be sure to register by August 8 for the early-bird deadline for the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) Annual Fall Forum to be held very shortly in Palm Desert California on September 6-9, 2014.
The forum’s two full days of program will be packed with sessions, panels, and roundtables on how to improve quality of care for those that drive the highest costs in healthcare today. In addition, over fifty telemedicine, telehealth, and mHealth product and service providers will showcase their innovations in the Fall Forum exhibit hall.
“Chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes are the leading causes of death and disability,” said Jonathan D. Linkous, CEO of ATA. “This forum will bring together the nation’s leading experts to discuss how to successfully integrate telecommunications technology for chronically ill patients outside of traditional health delivery institutions.”
Over the past twenty years there has been extensive research surrounding the use of telemedicine to prevent, treat, and manage chronic diseases. However, identifying what works and what does not, based on validated evidence, has never before been brought together in one place. The goal of the forum is to fill that void.
Some of the key topics will include ROI models for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), innovative payment strategies for chronic disease management, tactics to reduce readmissions, legal, and regulatory issues, outcomes research for telehealth utilization for specific chronic diseases, innovative technologies, and how to select the right patients for telehealth and consumer engagement.
Roundtable discussions will cover hot-topic areas including Internal Awareness and Adoption, Telehealth and Network Deployment, Business Models and Sustainability, State Policies, Surgical Telementoring, plus a Telemedicine Service Provider Forum.
In another first, ATA will host a full-day American-Chinese Telemedicine forum on Sunday September 7, 2014. The forum co-sponsored by the American International Telemedicine Council will deliver the tools and information that is essential to building a successful telemedicine business abroad. Attendees will learn about the existing clinical and business landscape of telemedicine in China, and how to establish key partnerships to help their respective health system or business grow in the international market.
For more information go to www.ATAFallForum.org.