Our experienced panelists from across the country included:
- Larry Gray, Chief Executive Officer of The Assist Group in Denver, Colorado. Larry has an extensive background in health insurance, health technology and health services. Larry began his career in hospital and medical center administration, and transitioned to managing health plans.
- Dr. Arlen Meyers, Chief Executive Officer of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs in Washington, D.C. Dr. Meyers is a professor of otolaryngology, dentistry, and engineering at the University of Colorado Denver and is also the CoFounder, President and Chief Medical Officer of www.medvoy.com, a globally integrated, doctor to doctor referral platform
- Nim Patel, Strategic Advisor at Nokero in Denver. Nim Patel has been working with early stage ventures for over 15 years as an investor, board member, mentor and senior executive. Most recently, Nim was Chief Executive Officer of Mobile Accord.
- Bob Durham, Chief Executive Officer of Market Staging Inc. in Newport Beach, a service firm that provides business intelligence services to hospitals across the United States. He consults regularly with executives from a variety of healthcare disciplines to empower mobile data development centered on targeted business development opportunities.
With the combined years of knowledge and experience of the panelists, we posed the question, "What does the convergence of Mobile Health and technology mean for the healthcare ecosystem? The question sparked a lively and insightful discourse on a variety of topics including reform of the employer-provider relationship, consumerism driving change, big data, data analytics, engaging patients via social media, challenges with medical education, and how technology is enabling positive changes in clinician workflow and patient care.
Through active participation, and practical perspectives from the panel, audience members were able to gain insight on how to execute their own healthcare strategies. Speaker Nim Patel reminded the audience that, only 25% of apps that are downloaded are used, leading to the insight that text messaging may be a better form of patient communication. Further discussion centered on how adopting technologies that engage the patient on a social level could lead to better outcomes.
While the discussion covered various trends regarding patient use of technology, the conversation kept coming back to one question, which was - What is the business model that will make Mobile Health successful?
This led to a discussion on how the system could evolve from an employer-provider relationship with group health plans to a patient-provider relationship that centers on individual health plans, similar to how we purchase other types of insurance. Then the patient can be incentivized via social media and technology to take a more active interest in their own health.
Dr. Meyers stated in his concluding remarks, - The only thing that will get us out of this mess is innovation and entrepreneurship.
As a CEO, I wholeheartedly agree. As a company, 3t Systems empowers our healthcare clients to be focused and innovative in their practice, and to outsource technology solutions to produce more efficient communication and better patient care.
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