October 27th & 28th - The CIMIT Innovation Congress in Boston
22 October 2009 BOSTON - Just a few days from now I'll be spending the day (October 27th &28) at the CIMIT Innovation Congress. The Congress gives new insights into the future of medicine and provides a forum where we can interact with clinical and engineering innovators who are developing breakthrough technologies to advance healthcare delivery in hospitals, at home and on the battlefield.
All over the country academic medical centers, the government and private industry are collaborating with each other to explore novel approaches to healthcare delivery and they are converging on the Innovation Congress in Boston to share their work.
The general sessions this year seem well rounded and cover the current sphere of healthcare debate. Dr. John Halamka, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center will be challenging leaders from Microsoft, Google and Dossia to explore solutions that leverage the power of information, software and community to engage patients in their own healthcare.
Keynote speakers will be: Susan Axelrod, President CURE, Mike Harsh, CTO GE Healthcare, Major General James K. Gilman, DoD, Sean Hogan, VP Healthcare Delivery Systems, IBM Healthcare, Clay Christensen, Harvard Business School
The conference will be covering some ambitious themes: Care Anywhere, Wounded Warrior, Breakthrough Technologies and Innovation 101. Of special interest will be the national leaders describing some of the challenges behind Caring for Wounded Warriors and returning veterans, as well as some demonstrations of improved diagnostic tools for PTSD/TBI.
Within the conference is the Exploratorium, which will feature over 50 demonstrations in 4 pavilions: Care Anywhere, Wounded Warrior, Breakthrough Technologies and Innovation 101. I'm especailly looking forward to point of care diagnostics and a point of care HIV patient monitoring device that uses a microfluidic chip to deliver results in one minute.
For more information, please visit the Innovation Congress site.
I look forward to seeing you there!
Best,
Peter Keating, MDCIMIT Blog is a publication of the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT)
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