Technology

The First Broadcasted Total Ankle using Google Glass with Dr. Selene Parekh

Dr. Selene Parekh, Orthopedic Surgeon at Duke University joins eHealth Radio and the Orthopedic and Technology Channels to discuss the first broadcasted total ankle using google glass.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Selene Parekh discuss the following:Recently it was reported that you broadcasted the first total ankle using google glass. How was that?Is google glass easy to learn to use?  How do you think google glass will change medicine and healthcare?There has been an increase in interest in wearable technologies, how do you think this will evolve?In your best opinion, how will wearable technologies disrupt healthcare delivery?
Duration: 6:00
Selene Parekh grew up in North Jersey. Upon graduating from high school, Selene attended the 7 year medical program at Boston University. While in medical school, he realized that utility of a business education and became the creator and 1st graduate of the combined MB/MBA program at Boston University. Dr. Parekh then completed his internship, residency, and a fellowship in foot and ankle surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. His interest in entrepreneurship was fortified by a one-year Healthcare Entrepreneurship Fellowship at the Wharton School of Business.
His experiences led to the development of the “Business of Orthopaedics” conference, the first of its kind in the United States. The course exposed orthopaedic surgeons to a breadth of topics, from practice management to product development and entrepreneurship, to personal financial management, to leadership and negotiations Upon completion of his training, Selene moved to the University of North Carolina, where he revived the foot and ankle division. He also served as a consultant to the Tar Heels athletic program.
In 2009, Selene moved his practice to the North Carolina Orthopaedic Clinic and Duke University, where he is an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is also an Adjunct Faculty member at Duke’s Fuqua Business School. He is integrally involved in the teaching of medical students, residents, and fellows. His practice is focused on diseases and surgeries of the foot and ankle.
Dr. Parekh has been an active speaker at regional, national, and international meetings, helping to teach other orthopaedic surgeons about best practices and novel techniques for the care of foot and ankle patients. He has published in numerous journals and has served as editor for a number of textbooks. Dr. Parekh has been recognized as one of North Carolina’s Best Doctors in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Web Site: www.footdronline.comTwitter: @footdronline

CodeBaby, a global customer engagement company

Dennis McGuire, CEO of CodeBaby, a global customer engagement company that creates decision support tools and interactive, 3D intelligent virtual assistants to deliver educational and innovative solutions for healthcare, insurance, and employee benefits companies again joins eHealth Radio and the Health Care and Technology Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dennis McGuire discuss the following:Did the federal healthcare enrollment issues impact private or state exchange enrollment why or why not?  You mentioned research that you undertake to improve the effectiveness of the intelligent virtual assistants and the user experience. Can you expand on that and have you conducted recent studies demonstrating acceptance?Speaking of unique needs and the concept of personalization, how do you approach that for the individual users?You mentioned integration from any data source; can you give some examples of that and how does this help individual users?You briefly mentioned the use of a static 2D avatar on a smartphone vs. using a 3D interactive avatar on a tablet or other device. Please expand on that and apart from the avatar what other differences are necessary for customer interaction on a tablet?
Duration: 13:40
Dennis McGuire possesses over 25 years of experience developing
innovative solutions for marketing, sales, and customer care
organizations across multiple industries.
His recent career history includes serving as VP of Star B2B, a
start-up venture within the Omnicom family of agencies, where he was
responsible for strategy development and operational execution, EVP at
Protocol Marketing where he headed the company’s B2B agency services
group, and founding partner and President of Saligent Inc., which was
acquired by Protocol Marketing in 2000.
In addition to his accomplishments in the agency and high-tech
space, Dennis has experience within the CRM and customer contact center
industries where he gained expertise in multi-channel marketing,
resource optimization, revenue growth, customer lifetime value
optimization, and strategic account management.
His combined career tracks give him a unique perspective on the
rapidly growing customer experience management marketplace and the
importance of improving the online self-service experience across all
industries in order to maintain and increase brand loyalty and revenue
growth.
He is consistently sought for insight on the trends, benefits, and uses of virtual assistants within the healthcare, self-service, and eCommerce space by major publications and analysts such as Employee Benefit News, MedCity News, CRM Magazine, Forrester Research, Gartner Research, and IDC among others.
Although originally from the Midwest, Dennis has been a Colorado
new native for over 20 years. In his spare time, he enjoys riding his
horses, fly fishing, and competing in field trials with his Labrador
retrievers. And yes, he occasionally hits the slopes.

Links: www.codebaby.com

ITelagen, assisting clients with meeting the Meaningful Use incentives

John O’Keefe, CEO of ITelagen, the “One-Stop Shop” for IT and EHR infrastructure, all for a flat monthly subscription fee once again joins eHealth Radio and the HealthCare and Technology Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest John O’Keefe discuss the following:With Meaningful Use being a hot topic with EHR Technology, how is ITelagen assisting clients with meeting the MU incentives?How do your legacy IT Support services and your Hosting services fit in with your healthcare clients? Maybe some of our listeners can plan ahead to meet and speak with you. What tradeshows will you be attending this year?What is on the horizon for ITelagen in 2014?
Duration: 9:11
As ITelagen’s founder and lead visionary, Mr. O'Keefe brings over 13 years of technology and help desk automation experience to the company. Mr. O’Keefe began his career as a technical analyst for one of New York’s leading technology groups. It was here that he provided strategic marketing advice to companies such as Novell, Intel and IBM, assisting them with new product offerings and positioning. In 1996, responding to his vision of help desk support automation, Mr. O'Keefe founded Fine Point Technologies where he served as CEO/CTO for 9 years and designed help desk automation systems for the world’s leading service providers including Verizon, Earthlink and Telmex. Mr. O’Keefe defied the dot-com odds and grew the company past the post dot-com era to a profitable organization with offices and customer’s worldwide.
Again in 2005, leveraging his expertise in help desk support automation technologies, Mr. O’Keefe exited Fine Point Technologies and founded ITelagen, a flat-rate IT service that leverages support automation to prevent problems before they can occur.
Having three patents-pending in various support automation technologies, Mr. O’Keefe has been featured on CNN, CNET and in numerous magazines and is recognized as an industry leader in help desk automation. Mr. O'Keefe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Structural Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo and is a New York State licensed EIT. He serves as the Chairman on ITelagen’s Board of Directors and an advisor to the Board of Fine Point Technologies, Inc.

Links: www.itelagen.com

SleepPhones, providing healthy sleep alternatives with Dr. Wei-Shin Lai

Dr. Wei-Shin Lai, inventor of SleepPhones and CEO of AcousticSheep, LLC, providing healthy sleep alternatives to consumers joins eHealth Radio and the Health and Technology Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Wei-Shin Lai discuss the following:Please tell us about your background and what led to your invention of SleepPhones.How do SleepPhones work? And what’s the difference between the wireless and wired versions?How do SleepPhones improve people’s lives?How are SleepPhones better than other sleep aids?Who can use SleepPhones?
Duration: 18:22
One night, after a 3 a.m. phone call from the emergency room, Dr. Wei-Shin Lai had so much trouble falling back to sleep that she decided she had to do something.
Her husband suggested she listen to relaxing music, which was a nice idea– but there were no headphones on the market comfortable enough to sleep in. They put their skills to work and designed the first SleepPhones, a comfortable, innovative headphone solution designed to help people fall asleep. Dr. Lai would come home after work to sew headbands while her husband soldered the speakers on the kitchen table. By 2007, they’d created a website and sold the first 500 set of SleepPhones.
Born in Taiwan, Dr. Lai came to the US when she was 7 years old while her father completed a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the University of Tennessee. She grew up under the strict tutelage of a “tiger” mom, competing in piano, learning algebra in 5th grade, and leading numerous science clubs in high school. She went on to earn a B.S. with distinction in Cellular Molecular Biology at the University of Michigan with the intent of studying the Ebola virus. However, her thirst for adventure and travel was tamed when she realized that for her to be truly happy, she had to interact with people instead of staying holed up in a lab. She graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School and went into family medicine.
Dr. Lai loves being a mom and continues to work part-time at Penn State University's Student Health Center as the only Mandarin-speaking physician on staff. Her hobbies include swimming, hunting for wild mushrooms with the Central Pennsylvania Mushroom Club, archery, and gardening. She enjoys eating and cooking spicy international foods and is obsessed with eating healthfully, including at least 5 fruits and vegetables a day. She's one of those moms who hides vegetables in everything she cooks.
She sleeps 7-8 hours a night on average, and her favorite music on her SleepPhones is a hypnosis track by her friend, Dr. Steven Gurgevich who teaches at Dr. Andrew Weil's Center for Integrative Medicine.
Listeners or readers who would like to learn more about Dr. Wei-Shin Lai's SleepPhones, should visit the company's website: www.sleepphones.com.

Links: www.sleepphones.com

Alere Accountable Care Solutions is helping improve healthcare delivery

Sumit Nagpal, CEO of Alere Accountable Care Solutions (ACS) a provider of  healthcare information technology and services to help healthcare organizations share patient information accurately and securely to improve healthcare outcomes joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Technology Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Sumit Nagpal discuss the following:Could you describe the services provided by Alere and Alere Connected Health and how these services help improve healthcare delivery?How is Alere Connected Health  affected by Obama Care?Tell us about some of your clients (like Virtua, Whittier, and Leeds in the UK) What kind of problems are you helping them to solve?What do you see as some of the major Healthcare and Healthcare IT challenges for 2014?Where do you think healthcare IT will be in a year from now?
Duration: 11:54
Sumit K. Nagpal is the President & CEO of Alere Accountable Care Solutions, previously Wellogic, a market leader in providing clinical software solutions that connect healthcare information and workflows across the continuum of care. Under his direction, Wellogic delivered high-profile successes to clients and partners ranging from world-renowned hospitals to the industry’s largest healthcare IT companies.
Mr. Nagpal’s professional background includes more than 20 years of experience in software design, engineering, management, and executive leadership in healthcare information systems. He is a passionate advocate for the centrality of the provider-patient relationship and improved communication for enhanced healthcare outcomes.
Sumit Nagpal is a frequent speaker on health information technology, patient-centered community-based infrastructures, user experience, design, security, and privacy at conferences around the world.

Links: www.alereacs.com

Improving your healthcare experience with Vocera Communications, Inc.

Dr. M. Bridget Duffy, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Vocera Communications, Inc., which provides integrated, intelligent communication that address critical communication challenges within healthcare and other mission-critical industries joins eHealth Radio and the Health Care and Technology Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. M. Bridget Duffy discuss the following:Can you tell us a little bit about your background and what led you on this mission to disrupt the status quo to humanize the healthcare experience?How do communication technologies like Vocera contribute to your mission to improve the healthcare experience?What do patients and family members need to know to improve their healthcare experience?As the founder of the Patient Experience Movement, what are some experience innovations or strategies that you have seen or developed that are humanizing healthcare?
You have described humanizing healthcare as an industry movement. Who should be leading this movement in hospitals and health systems, and what is the role of the patient and family voice in this movement? 
I understand that in addition to being the CMO at Vocera, you play a prominent role in the company’s collaborative research subsidiary the Experience Innovation Network. Can you tell me more about this group and what they are doing to improve medicine for the better?
Duration: 15:04
M. Bridget Duffy, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Vocera Communications, Inc., which provides integrated, intelligent communication that address critical communication challenges within healthcare and other mission-critical industries.
Prior to her appointment as CMO at Vocera, Dr. Duffy co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of ExperiaHealth, a company whose mission was to assist organizations in rapidly improving staff and patient loyalty through innovative technologies and solutions that restore the human connection to healthcare. ExperiaHealth was acquired by Vocera Communications and now drives the company’s thought leadership and research as the Experience Innovation Network.

Dr. Duffy was an early pioneer in the creation of Hospitalist medicine and launched programs to accelerate clinical discovery in the field of Integrative and Heart-Brain medicine, helping establish the Earl and Doris Bakken Heart Brain Institute. She previously served as Chief Experience Officer (CXO) of the Cleveland Clinic – the first senior position of its kind in the nation – leading the institution in improving patient experience as its top strategic priority. She is a frequent speaker on the subject of why patient experience matters and how it impacts clinical outcomes.
Her work has earned her the Quantum Leap Award for taking the risk to spur internal change in her field and has led her to be featured in HealthLeaders magazine as one of “20 People Who Make Healthcare Better.” Dr. Duffy attended medical school at the University of Minnesota, and completed her residency in internal medicine at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Links: www.vocera.com

Monitor your health simple, fast and reliable with the MyBloodWorks App

Glen Ogle, President of GOGLE LLC, the creators of the MyBloodWorks App to monitor your health simple, fast and reliable joins eHealth Radio and the Technology and Health Care Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Glen Ogle discuss the following:You have created MyBloodWorks App to monitor your health, what background do you have to create such an App?What was your motive to create MyBloodWorks App?How is this your medical secretary?What are the benefits of the App?Do you have any plans to expand MyBloodWorks App?How can someone download your App?
Duration: 6:01
My name is Glen Ogle, and I have had nine years of dialysis, and three kidney transplants. My family has a random history of kidney problems and I was the lucky one. My first two transplants were a perfect match for their time, but did not last very long. By the third transplant, technology had caught up enough to match me up better than the first two. I an out 12 years on my transplant. My wife Sandra also has a transplant, that was caused by lupus, which she has had for 39 years. She has had her kidney for 10 years. We both depend on MyBloodWorks App.
We were both able to work  through our dialysis. We both have active lifestyles that include exercise; zumba dancing for her, and for me it’s walking, running, jump roping and I played softball from the age of 49-53 with the young guys, I’m 54 now.
I have been at my job for 36 years and Sandra has been at her job for 33 years.

Links: www.mybloodworksapp.com

NursesLounge.com, an online network and communications portal for the nursing profession

Tim Armes, CEO and founder of NursesLounge.com, an online network and communications portal for the nursing profession joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Technology Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Tim Armes discuss the following:Tell us about Nurses Lounge – how did it get started?What makes this site different than LinkedIn?Who can post and access NursesLounge?What are some of the schools using nurses lounge and how do they use it?Why is this the best answer for nursing schools and associations that already have websites?Tell us about job opportunities on nurses lounge – I know a lot of nurses are looking for work.What a tip you can give nurses who might be interested in using the site – how easy is it to use?
Duration: 16:37
At the beginning of 2003 in Dallas, Timothy Armes, the founder and CEO of leading job board Jobs.com, took over the nursing internet portal and nursing job board NursesLounge.com.  In 2009, www.nurseslounge.com was re-launched as the first Professional Network for Nurses and designed to provide organizations such as schools, associations and employers a more efficient way to communicate important information to nursing professionals such as news, meetings and CEs on a timely basis.
The mission of Nurses Lounge is to aggregate the nursing profession in a modern online communications network thereby dramatically improving the ability for nurses to stay professionally informed and connected to the organizations and colleagues that matter to their careers.
To accomplish this mission, Nurses Lounge designed and developed a modern, simple to use professional networking platform created to facilitate career development, education, nursing staff management and professional best practices.
Nursing schools, associations, hospitals/clinics and related industry organizations can create a branded interactive "Lounge" as an adjunct to their core websites.  This allows the instant distribution of information to their students/employees/members with a few clicks. They can also post ads ranging from banners to job listings.
Individual members (nurses and nursing students) create a professional profile page, receive, share and interact with nursing-related news and connect with colleagues and organizations important to their careers.
The Network evolved from Nurses Lounge Magazine, a localized direct mail publication which was published from 2003 - 2011.
Today there are more than three million nurses in the U.S. and Canada, and thousands of hospitals/medical clinics, nursing schools and nursing associations that can benefit as members of the Nurses Lounge. As of November 2013, NursesLounge.com has relationships with more than 150 nursing schools, associations and employers, and more than 12,000 individual members.

Links: NursesLounge.com

DigitalOne Reports, delivering a single point of access to all healthcare documents

Steve Howard, the Director of Sales and Marketing for DigitalOne Reports providing a unique set of low cost and easy to implement tools to connect radiology with the referring physician for delivering results and images, receiving orders and minimizing internal IT cost joins eHealth Radio and the Health Care and Technology Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Steve Howard discuss the following:I understand DigitalOne has been in radiology for a long time.  Can you tell the audience a little about DigitalOne?You mentioned connectivity and your company tag line is “Connectivity is Opportunity”, what does that mean for your prospective clients?What are the challenges your clients face that DigitalOne addresses?You had mentioned to me your company engages in significant conversations with imaging centers every day. Is there one thing that is common in all of your discussions?What does a typical client look like for DigitalOne?
Tip: Imaging centers need to realize that healthcare reform is here to stay and the impact of electronic medical records on their business will continue.  In addition, RIS/PACS systems will not be the “holy grail” of an IT solution that meets all of their needs.  However, the opportunity is now.  Take advantage of the ways in which they can secure existing referrals as well as grow new referral sources with low cost incremental steps that generate long-term ROI.  Reimbursements are not the only element of their business under siege; a combination of cost cutting defensive measures combined with protecting as well as increasing referrals only makes sense.
Duration: 10:13
DigitalOne was started by a group of talented individuals experienced in the development of radiology information systems and healthcare workflow process affecting radiology, maternal fetal medicine, general medicine and community hospitals.
Formed in 2001 as a medical document solutions company, DigitalOne quickly became known as a multi-faceted solution provider delivering a single point of access to all documents.  Hospitals, clinics, physicians and municipalities counted on DigitalOne to manage faxes, scanned paper documents, emails and other critical documents made available via print capture and electronic files.
By 2004 DigitalOne was delivering critical document management solutions to radiologist and imaging centers. This came as a direct result of the DigitalOne’s management teams experience developing radiology information systems. DigitalOne’s reputation grew quickly as a reliable source for seamless integration between disparate information systems and that experience led to its position today as a leading solution provider for the integration between RIS and EMR systems.
Today DigitalOne offers a suite of tools used for EMR integration, Results delivery with PACS integration, Orders receipt and management from referring physicians, Critical alert and document management, Patient Portal and Mobile access.

Links: www.digitalonereports.com

EHRAnywhere with ITelagen

John O’Keefe, CEO of ITelagen, the “One-Stop Shop” for IT and EHR infrastructure, all for a flat monthly subscription fee once again joins eHealth Radio and the HealthCare and Technology Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest John O’Keefe discuss the following:Can you remind our listeners about the inspiration behind ITelagen?What new services and support does ITelagen have to offer since our last interview with you?Can you talk to us a little more in depth about EHRAnywhere?I understand that ITelagen was recently an exhibitor at NextGen UGM. Was it a successful show?  What does the future hold for ITelagen?

Duration: 9:52
As ITelagen’s founder and lead visionary, Mr. O'Keefe brings over 13 years of technology and help desk automation experience to the company. Mr. O’Keefe began his career as a technical analyst for one of New York’s leading technology groups. It was here that he provided strategic marketing advice to companies such as Novell, Intel and IBM, assisting them with new product offerings and positioning. In 1996, responding to his vision of help desk support automation, Mr. O'Keefe founded Fine Point Technologies where he served as CEO/CTO for 9 years and designed help desk automation systems for the world’s leading service providers including Verizon, Earthlink and Telmex. Mr. O’Keefe defied the dot-com odds and grew the company past the post dot-com era to a profitable organization with offices and customer’s worldwide.
Again in 2005, leveraging his expertise in help desk support automation technologies, Mr. O’Keefe exited Fine Point Technologies and founded ITelagen, a flat-rate IT service that leverages support automation to prevent problems before they can occur.
Having three patents-pending in various support automation technologies, Mr. O’Keefe has been featured on CNN, CNET and in numerous magazines and is recognized as an industry leader in help desk automation. Mr. O'Keefe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Structural Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo and is a New York State licensed EIT. He serves as the Chairman on ITelagen’s Board of Directors and an advisor to the Board of Fine Point Technologies, Inc.

Links: www.itelagen.com