DESCRIPTION
The senior market continues to explode demanding attention of the healthcare market. With fewer clinicians to care for the seniors, businesses are stepping forward with technology solutions to help seniors monitor and manage their health from their home whether it is in the community or on a senior living campus.
According to Forrester, the Healthcare Unbound market (i.e. "technologies away from formal institutions") for ADL/Elder technologies will surpass $1 billion in 2010. This represents opportunities for many different healthcare applications including Personal Emergency Response, Vitals Monitoring, Medication Management and Remote Home (sensor- based) Monitoring.
Healthcare technology companies are taking different paths to reach out to the senior market both from a segmentation and partnership perspective. Who will ultimately bring these products and services to the seniors (and their families), pay for them and support them on an ongoing basis?
Join us for the October 12th Lunch & Learn event, from the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council's Healthcare Cluster.
Learn how two companies are bringing healthcare technology to the senior market. Newton based Dovetail Health has a high touch services model which utilizes technology to support medication management and remote care monitoring. Masonicare is leading provider of healthcare and retirement living communities for seniors in Connecticut. They bring many different healthcare technologies to seniors throughout the care continuum from skilled nursing to independent living and living within community.
Our elder care technology innovators will discuss the:
- New and evolving business and market models for the senior market,
- Collaboration between the different players including the care providers, payers, technology providers and senior living campus staff for healthcare technology payment and delivery,
- Lessons learned and success measurements from healthcare technology pilot programs.
Speaker Bios:
Benjamin Bielak, Director of Technology, Dovetail Health As Director of Technology at Dovetail Health, Benjamin Bielak is responsible for the development and implementation of technology strategy across the clinical, sales, and marketing spheres. Ben has over 14 years of extensive experience in the worlds of healthcare, technical leadership, business process management, and project management.
Benjamin joined Dovetail from Boston Medical Center (BMC), where he was the Manager of Development and Integration. Prior to his tenure at BMC, Benjamin spent eight years as a Senior Manager of Technology at Sapient, where he led their e-health initiative and provided portfolio management and business process expertise to internal and external clients. Benjamin has a Master of Business Administration degree and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science. He is a designated Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems.
James Albert, VP for Information Systems & CIO Masonicare Jim Albert is Vice-President for Information Systems and Chief Information Officer for Masonicare; the largest post-acute health provider in Connecticut and largest Masonic health system in the country. Jim has also served as Chief Information Officer for Bristol Hospital.
In 1988, Jim retired as Lieutenant Colonel and senior technology officer from the Air Force. While in the Air Force he managed some of the largest communications and data centers in the world and several multi-million dollar technology projects supporting military operations and numerous space shuttle missions and experiments. He also led several efforts to advance the U.S. lead in supercomputing and high-speed networking and taught for three years at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. His last role in the Air Force was as a Special Assistant to the President and Secretary of Defense for technology research and engineering. Jim holds degrees from the University of Connecticut and The American University. He is currently President of the Central Connecticut Chapter of the Society for Information Management.
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