HealthTech

RECENT RESEARCH:

HealthTech’s Emerging Technologies and the Future of Independent Living Expert Panel Meeting Summary: HealthTech gathered fourteen experts from a diverse group of disciplines to discuss and define the role of emerging technologies in supporting the independent living needs of older adults and persons with disabilities over the next 10 years. With 70 forecasts derived from extensive research and over 60 interviews, the one-day session provided valuable information on the future of independent living. Conference Summary

Cardiovascular Services:

The Future of Cardiovascular Services Technology Impact Projection: Stemming from the recent Expert Panel on the Future of Cardiovascular Services, this chart provides environmental context, drivers and barriers of technology adoption and diffusion from 2009-2019. Technology Impact Projection

Consumer Electronics Show Conference Summary: The one-day Silvers Summit session presented on topics including marketing to the senior population, accessibility and usability of technologies, brain fitness and gaming, smart home technology, wireless and healthcare, telehealth, and personal health records (PHRs). One of the most promising solutions to improve and maintain the health, safety, and well-being of seniors is the use of wireless, mobile technologies. Conference Summary

Emerging Technologies and the Future of Independent Living Interview List: Directory of interviewees and topics discussed for research on the Future of Independent Living. Interview List

 IT:

Interview with Debra Lieberman, PhD: The growing use of games in health applications can promote behavior change, support physical activity, develop self-efficacy skills in health promotion and disease management, augment rehabilitation, and provide a portal for patients to health plans. Health games of the future will involve use of patient specific data to provide greater context awareness, merge virtual and physical worlds to create an augmented reality, and leverage advances in mobile and network computing for social networking. Interview Summary

Health Games Technology Profile: Health Games use interactive multi-media gaming platforms to support patient self-management and self-efficacy across a broad range of health conditions, fitness and wellness applications. The introduction of greater context-awareness, socialization, and augmented reality features into gaming platforms will drive future product development and market growth. This will be supported through advances in mobile and networked computing devices, context-sensitive programs, and immersion technologies. Technology Profile

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference Summary: The Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference (MMVR) showcased emerging technologies for medical care and education at all levels of development: from prototypes, through assessment and validation, to clinical and academic utilization and commercialization. MMVR focused on three areas of modeling and simulation in healthcare including use for therapies, clinical training, and simulator and virtual environment development. Conference Summary

Interview with David Kaelber, MD, PhD, MPH: While many people recognize the potential for EMRs to improve clinical and financial performance, much progress remains to be made to improve the core functionality of EMRs to truly benefit the health of patients. EMR and clinical decision support tools around childhood obesity diagnosis may improve outcomes and intervention as these systems are created. Interview Summary

Webinar: Highlights of Emerging Technologies and the Future of Independent Living Expert Panel: This Webinar will provide a summary from the expert panel session, highlighting key points from the panel discussion while taking a deeper look into the trends. The Highlights Webinar will be held on Wednesday, March 25, 9:00am – 10:00am PDT. Webinar

Webinar: The Future of Cardiovascular Imaging: The second in a series of webinars on Cardiovascular Services will discuss research and clinical activities at Mass General Hospital’s Cardiac MR-PET-CT Program as well as cardiovascular imaging technologies for chest pain and vulnerable plaque identification. The Webinar will be held on Tuesday, April 7, 10:00am – 11am PDT. Webinar

Expert Panel: Emerging Technologies and the Future of Independent Living: This Expert Panel discussed research in the area of emerging technologies that will impact independent living, across all forms of disability and aging-related functional limitations. The Expert Panel was held on Thursday, February 12, 2009 in Washington, DC. Expert Panel

As always, please contact Steve DeMello, Executive Director, sdemello@healthtech.org, or Andrew Broderick, Director of Research and Forecasting, abroderick@healthtech.org, with any questions about our research activities.