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Advancing Telemedicine:
Next Steps Toward Standards and Interoperability


December 13, 2006

Final Agenda
(as of December 11, 2006)

8:00 a.m. Registration Opens
9:00 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

      Cita M. Furlani,
Director, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology

      Donald Lindberg,
M.D., Director, National Library of Medicine

      Hon Pak,
M.D., Chief, Information Technology Engineering Division,
            Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center,
            U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command and Chair, Standards and Guidelines Committee,
            American Telemedicine Association

      John W. Loonsk, M.D., Director, Office of Interoperability and Standards, Office of the National Coordinator for             Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services
10:00 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m.

Technical Challenges to Advancing Telemedicine in Priority Areas

Moderator Bettijoyce Lide, Scientific Advisor for Health IT, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of       Standards and Technology

      Dena Puskin, Director, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, Health Resources and Services            Administration, Department of Health and Human Services

      Michael Ackerman, Assistant Director for High Performance Computing and Communications, National            Library of  Medicine

      Adam Darkins, M.D., Chief Consultant for Care Coordination, Department of Veterans Affairs

      Hon Pak, M.D., Chief, Information Technology Engineering Division, Telemedicine & Advanced Technology             Research Center, U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command and Chair, Standards and             Guidelines Committee, American Telemedicine Association
      

12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m.

Challenges from Clinical and Vendor Perspective

ModeratorElizabeth A. Krupinski, Ph.D., Vice President, American Telemedicine Association, and Assistant Director, Program Evaluation, University of Arizona, Department of Radiology - Research       

      David Whitlinger, Chairman, Continua Health Alliance and Director, Healthcare Device Standards, Digital             Health Group, Intel Corporation

      Michael Manley, RNP, Outreach Director, Center for Distance Health, University of Arkansas for Medical              Sciences

      Mark Horton, M.D., O.D., Chief, Eye Clinic, Phoenix Indian Medical Center, Indian Health Service

      Ron Emerson, Director, Healthcare Markets, Polycom

      John Mann, Global Quality and Regulatory Affairs Manager, Delphi Medical Systems

3:00 p.m. Success and Lessons Learned from Telehealth for Diabetic Retinopathy

      Mark Horton,
M.D., O.D., Chief, Eye Clinic, Phoenix Indian Medical Center, Indian Health Service
3:30 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m.

Action Plan and Closing Remarks

      Richard S. Bakalar, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Global Innovation Team, Healthcare and Life Sciences,              IBM Corporation

      Hon Pak, M.D., Chief, Information Technology Engineering Division, Telemedicine & Advanced Technology             Research Center, U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command and Chair, American Telemedicine             Association Standards and Guidelines Committee

      Kamie Roberts, Associate Director, Federal and Industrial Relations, Information Technology Laboratory,             National Institute of Standards and Technology

5:30 p.m. Adjourn
Presentations are available at: http://www.nist.gov/itl/Telemedicine/presentations.htm

A Workshop Cosponsored by:
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
The NIST U.S. Measurement System Project
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
The National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

 

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Date created: 11/14/2006
Last updated: 12/15/2006