Monday & Tuesday
November 12-13, 2007

Galveston Island Convention Center
at the San Luis Resort – Galveston, Texas

Mainstreaming Telemedicine: Understanding Sustained Operations is the new national forum focusing on the business case and practical application of telemedicine. The meeting content is selected based on those programs and studies of telemedicine that produce tangible value to health care providers, payers, policymakers and consumers.

Broad focus areas of the meeting include evaluations, reviews and updates on operational telemedicine across all health care sectors including employer health care interest and plans for telemedicine, and public policy considerations for telemedicine with economic model revisions and incentives.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers:

• Dr. Mark Blatt, Intel Digital Health Group
• Mr. Nicholas Augustinos, Cisco Systems Incorporated
• Mr. Jonathan Linkous, American Telemedicine Association

Program Presenters:

• Dr. Oscar Boultinghouse, Electronic Health Network, UTMB
• Mr. Michael Bourdeau, Electronic Health Network, UTMB
• Dr. Caitlin Cusack, Center for Information Technology Leadership (CITL), Partners HealthCare System
• Dr. Michael Davis, Electronic Health Network, UTMB
• Dr. Glenn Hammack, Electronic Health Network, UTMB
• Mr. Sunil Joshi, WellPoint, Inc.
• Mr. Russell Lanier, Electronic Health Network, UTMB
• Dr. Eric Pan, Center for Information Technology Leadership (CITL), Partners HealthCare System
• Mr. Ron Riesenbach, Ontario Telemedicine Network, Province of Ontario, Canada
• Dr. John Stobo, John P. McGovern Distinguished Chair in Oslerian Medicine, Executive Director for Academic Programs, UT System Office of Health Affairs, UTMB
• Dr. Alexander Vo, AT&T Center for Telehealth Research and Policy, Electronic Health Network, UTMB
• Bernard Wysocki, Jr., Principal, Potomac Investment Research LLC
• Dr. Peter Yellowlees, University of California Davis Health System
• and others

The AT&T Center for Telehealth Research and Policy at UTMB exists to perform outcome studies, and undertake policy development in the areas of telemedicine, telehealh, and technology-supported medicine. The center studies the operational and clinical aspects of the telemedicine industry. It also is an information clearinghouse on telehealth issues, nationally and internationally. Critical research on outcomes, effectiveness, and best practices in telehealth take place in the center, whose staff also develops, promotes, and communicates policies relating to telehealth.