How Mobile Technology Influences Health Innovation

The Brookings Institution
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
http://www.brookings.edu/events/2012/0522_mobile_technology.aspx

Mobile technology has transformed the way that individuals accomplish everyday tasks like finding directions, paying bills, and communicating with friends. But mobile technology has also changed the way individuals interact with the medical system around the world. With technological advances, health providers are now able remotely to monitor diabetic and heart patients, send email reminders to take medications, and access diagnostic databases through mobile devices. How have these innovations contributed to patient health and enhanced the doctor-patient relationship? What mobile health advances are transforming medical care? How are countries around the world using mobile technology to improve health care delivery and save money?

Introduction and Moderator
Darrell M. West
Vice President and Director, Governance Studies

Panelists
Alain Labrique
Assistant Professor, Departments of International Health and Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Antonio Marttos Jr, MD
Assistant Professor, SurgeryDirector, TeleTrauma, William Lehman Injury Research Center
University of Miami

Morgan Reed
Executive Director, Association for Competitive Technology
Advisory Council Member, mHIMSS