Telemedicine

VoiceFirst by Honeywell, developers of innovative voice solutions for the healthcare market

James DiLella, the Vice President of Business Development, Enterprise Sales, and Product Strategy for VoiceFirst by Honeywell, developers of innovative voice solutions for the healthcare market joins eHealth Radio and the Health Care and Telemedicine Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest James DiLella discuss the following:What is EHR voice overlay and how does it work?How is VoiceFirst’s voice solution different than Nuance and other dictation-based voice systems?With which EMRs does VoiceFirst integrate? How does VoiceFirst benefit healthcare organizations? How does VoiceFirst benefit clinicians? Where can our audience go to learn more about VoiceFirst? 
Duration: 10:01
As Vice President of Product Strategy, James DiLella is responsible for ongoing innovation, functionality, development and design of the VoiceFirst EHR voice overlay solution. Prior to VoiceFirst, DiLella was vice president, chief technology officer, and co-founder of EasyTalk MD, an iOS platform mobile data/speech workflow tool for EHR/EMR concentrated in the physician medical specialty area of healthcare. He has touched all areas of healthcare solution design, development, integrations and business initiatives, from initial concept, realization through commercialization since 2004. James is acutely focused in end user ease of use, workflow efficiency and user experience. He has a technical background in electronics and worked as an electronics engineer for the U.S. Government.

Web Site: www.voicefirstsolutions.comFacebook: facebook.com/VoiceFirstHealthTwitter: @Voice_First
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/voicefirst

How healthPerx can benefit you and employers with Jeff Marks

Jeff Marks, CEO at healthPERX, a telehealth solutions provider again joins eHealth Radio and the Telemedicine and Health Care Channels. Jeff has spent 30 years in the health and wellness industries in various capacities. He discusses telehealth and its benefits for you and the employer.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Jeff Marks discuss the following:What exactly is telehealth?Who are the doctors and what can they treat by phone?How does it actually work? What if I was sick right now?What kind of success have you seen?How can it benefit employers?What makes your program different from others?
Duration: 10:24
About Jeff Marks, MPH, CWPM
Jeff Marks is the founder and CEO of healthPERX and has extensive knowledge in the health and wellness industries. He has more than 30 years of experience developing new strategies to promote wellness and manage health care costs for corporations, insurance companies, Governors’ Councils, fitness centers and more.
Marks completed his undergraduate work at Emory University and finished graduate school from Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Hospital Administration.
About healthPERXhealthPERX is a telehealth benefits program that also provides other non-insurance health and lifestyle benefits for businesses and consumers. The core telehealth program provides individuals with convenient, 24/7 access to licensed, board-certified doctors and pediatricians, via mobile app, telephone and online.
What differentiates healthPERX from other programs is that there are no medical consultation fees and they provide a comprehensive program to drive utilization. healthPERX offers businesses an innovative solution to reduce absenteeism, increase productivity, promote consumerism and decrease overall healthcare costs.
Other optional non-insurance healthPERX services include dental, vision, health advocacy, counseling (EAP), travel assistance, fitness and more. Packages can be custom designed to fit their clients’ needs.

Web Site: www.Hperx.com
Twitter: @healthPERX

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

healthPERX, an innovative health savings program that features telemedicine

Jeff Marks, CEO at healthPERX, an innovative health savings program that features telemedicine as its core benefit and many other discounts on dental, vision, health advocacy, telephonic counseling, travel assistance, fitness and others joins eHealth Radio and the Telemedicine and Healthcare Channels. The program is available in all 50 states.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Jeff Marks discuss the following:What is healthPERX?What is telemedicine?How can it benefit businesses and employees? Where do you see telemedicine in the next five years? How will it factor into our health routine?Why healthPERX & what makes it different than others?
Duration: 13:39
Jeff Marks is the founder and CEO of healthPERX, an innovative health savings program that features telemedicine as its core benefit and many other discounts on dental, vision, health advocacy, telephonic counseling, travel assistance, fitness and others. The program is available in all 50 states.
Marks has extensive knowledge in the health and wellness industries with 30 years of experience developing new healthcare strategies to reduce medical costs. After completing his undergraduate work at Emory University and graduate school at Tulane in the School of Public Health and Hospital Administration, he spent 30 years working with fitness centers, corporations, insurance companies and Governors’ Councils developing new strategies to promote wellness and manage health care costs through a variety of approaches.

Links: www.Hperx.com

ActiveCare, a real-time patient monitoring company

Michael Jones, an executive with ActiveCare a Utah based, real-time patient monitoring company joins eHealth Radio and the Health Care and Technology Channels.  Jones is an expert in the medical monitoring field, especially as it relates to monitoring the Type 2 diabetic population here in America.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Michael Jones discuss the following:What is the primary focus of your company, ActiveCare?Please speak on how ActiveCare improves the quality of life of its members.When we think diabetes, especially Type 2 diabetes, many look down on the sufferers saying, “It’s an eating issue, or a self-inflicted health issue.” What can a person do to overcome this stigma?Have you seen an increase in diabetics drawn to your service to improve their quality of life?What advice can you offer a Type 2 diabetes patient who’s looking for a positive change in handling their disease?Duration: 13:35
Michael has been a founder and executive in several of the technology industry’s fastest growing companies. Mr. Jones founded Interactive Care in 2007, filing several patents in the field of video collaboration as a tool for delivery of medical care. As Executive Vice President at RemedyMD, Michael led in the advancement of medical collaboration and the utilization of informatics technologies for the treatment of obesity and diabetes.
While Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at iBahn (formerly STSN), the company was recognized in consecutive years by Deloitte & Touche and Inc. Magazine for its explosive growth, expanding from $29M to over $120M in annual sales over a three-year period.
Prior to iBahn, Mr. Jones led numerous sales and operations organizations at Iomega Corporation during a period of unprecedented growth, exponentially expanding its distribution, customer support, production and logistics capacities. Michael has also led in domestic and international senior sales leadership roles at Siebel Systems, Silicon Graphics and Oracle. A published author and contributor to periodicals and industry publications, Michael graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in English.
Links: www.activecare.com

Telemedicine with VoIP Supply's Video Conferencing

Andria Baunee who is VoIP Supply's Video Conferencing Specialist joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Technology Channels. Andria educates consumers first before narrowing down the best video solution for their needs.
Listen to interview [audio player below] with host Eric Michaels & guest Andria Baunee discuss the following:
What is Telemedicine and, who is it for?
What role could Telemedicine play in the raging healthcare debate here in the U.S.?
What do healthcare companies think of Telemedicine and how would they be reimbursed for this new medical service?
How will patients react to Telemedicine? Can they feel secure explaining their personal issues via video?
What do patients, doctors, or insurance companies need, to get a video conferencing system up and running?


Andria Baunee, Video Conferencing Specialist at VoIP Supply, works specifically with businesses and individuals to define and fulfill their video conferencing needs.
Andria's excitement for Video Conferencing technology can't be ignored and after a quick demo, her passion is sure to translate to you, giving you that Christmas morning feeling too.
Andria holds video conferencing and Unified Communications (UC) certifications from Cisco, LifeSize, Microsoft, and Polycom.
For more on Andria click here.

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Independa Closes Convertible Note Funding at $2.35 Million

Independa Closes Convertible Note Funding at $2.35 Million
with Kian Saneii
Kian Saneii, a veteran technology entrepreneur, founded Independa to develop easy, integrated technology solutions to help our growing elderly population age in place and joins the show to talk about Independa's recent funding news.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Kian Saneii discuss the following:
Congratulations on securing additional investments. How much new funding did Independa raise, and what does that bring total investments to?
Who supported the new funding round?
What makes Independa attractive to investors?  Can you give us a recap of recent milestones?
How will Independa use the new investment?
How is Independa leveraging emerging trends in wireless healthcare?
Do you have a closing tip for other startups that offer telehealth or telecare?


About Independa, Inc.
Independa offers integrated technology-enabled independent-living solutions for the elderly. Independa’s best-of-breed Integrated CloudCare services enable organizations and individuals to cost-effectively help the elderly to remain independent longer, safer and more comfortably. The company, which has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, provides holistic solutions that seamlessly operate across otherwise not connected devices, such as telephones, tablets, touchscreen computers and TVs. Services include medication and appointment reminders, support for activities of daily living, comprehensive social engagement benefits, and wireless health and safety monitoring.

Links:
Web: http://www.independa.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/independa
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Independa

Transforming how healthcare is delivered with Odyssey Solutions

Transforming how healthcare is delivered with Odyssey Solutions
and Jeff Garibaldi
Jeff Garibaldi, Sr. Director, Global Marketing / Product Strategy and Business Development for Odyssey solutions at Stereotaxis, Inc. joins the show on the Tele-Health & Technology Channel.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Jeff Garibaldi discuss the following:
Tell our listeners a little about yourself & your background.
Please explain what your company does.
Please explain the Odyssey platform.
Could you break down What are the benefits Odyssey?
How are health professionals using latest technology to care for patients effectively?
How is Odyssey related to Tele-health?


Stereotaxis’ Odyssey™ portfolio of products provides an innovative enterprise solution for integrating, recording and networking interventional lab information within hospitals and around the world. Odyssey™ Vision integrates data for magnetic and standard interventional labs, enhancing the physician workflow through a consolidated display of multiple systems and eliminating the challenge of interacting simultaneously with many separate diagnostic systems. The Odyssey Cinema™ Studio then captures a complete record of synchronized procedure data that can be viewed live or from a comprehensive archive of cases performed. The Odyssey™ solution then enables hospitals to efficiently share live and recorded clinical data anywhere around the world to attract patients and promote collaboration.

In addition, Stereotaxis also designs, manufactures and markets an advanced cardiology instrument control system for use in a hospital's interventional surgical suite to enhance the treatment of coronary artery disease and arrhythmias. The Niobe® Remote Magnetic Navigation System is designed to enable physicians to complete more complex interventional procedures by providing image guided delivery of catheters and guidewires through the blood vessels and chambers of the heart to treatment sites. This is achieved using computer-controlled, externally applied magnetic fields that govern the motion of the working tip of the catheter or guidewire, resulting in improved navigation and reduced x-ray exposure. For more information on the Stereotaxis Remote Magnetic Navigation, please click here
The core components of the Stereotaxis systems have received regulatory clearance in the U.S., Europe, Canada and elsewhere.

Links: odysseyexperience.com & stereotaxis.com

Major issues that telehealth can address with Diversinet's Dr. Hon Pak

Major issues that telehealth can address with Diversinet's Dr. Hon Pak
Dr. Hon Pak, a visionary healthcare IT executive, who is using his medical and technology expertise to help Diversinet strengthen its leadership in “powering care coordination through mobility" joins the show.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Hon Pak discuss the following:
What does Diversinet do?
What are the major issues that telehealth can address?
What solutions or approaches are emerging?
How can mobility play a role in promoting adoption of these solutions?
What are the key challenges to wider adoption of mobile healthcare, or mHealth?
Tip:  Mobile healthcare needs to be integrated into a healthcare ecosystem that fosters care coordination and patient engagement.

Dr. Hon Pak is responsible for the operation of Diversinet, with a focus on providing healthcare organizations with an agile mobile application platform for secure messaging. He was formally appointed Chief Executive Officer in February after serving in that role on an interim basis for two months. Dr. Pak also serves on the company’s Board of Directors.
Combining extensive medical and technology knowledge with strong leadership experience, he brings to Diversinet the accomplishments of a distinguished 28-year career with the U.S. Army. Dr. Pak recently retired as Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Army Medical Department, an $11 billion healthcare system with more than 60,000 employees. He was the Army’s first Chief Medical Information Officer prior to his promotion to CIO. In addition, Dr. Pak has headed the Advanced Information Technology Group within the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, the U.S. Department of Defense health IT research and development arm.
He is recognized for the design and development of a health IT strategy around patient-centered care and as an innovator who helped transform Army Medicine into a systems based organization. Dr. Pak also shaped a federal investment in electronic health record exchanges and health information technology for active military, veteran and civilian populations.
Dr. Pak previously served as president of the American Telemedicine Association, leading the effort on global health and standards development for telehealth. He holds a medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences and completed a fellowship in dermatology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dr. Pak is a distinguished graduate of the United States Military Academy.

Links: www.diversinet.com

Technology solutions to help our growing elderly population with Independa

Technology solutions to help our growing elderly population with Independa
with Kian Saneii
Kian Saneii, a veteran technology entrepreneur, founded Independa to develop easy, integrated technology solutions to help our growing elderly population age in place and joins the show to talk about how it is working.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Kian Saneii discuss the following:
What is Independa, and what services do you offer?
What sets Independa apart from other companies that provide telecare for the elderly?
Why do you think that telehealth is growing so quickly?  What issues does it address for older adults who want to remain independent, and for their caregivers?
What are the major obstacles to wider adoption of remote monitoring and social engagement, particularly for the elderly?
How do you see the future of telehealth moving?
Tip: Telehealth needs to be integrated and holistic. Both caregivers and those who receive care need a simple, one-stop solution.

Kian Saneii combines expertise as a computer scientist and experience as a software executive with passion for bringing transformational technologies to market. He founded Independa in 2009 to develop and deliver products and services that help caregivers enable the rapidly growing elderly population to remain independent longer, more safely  and more comfortably. Featured in the March 2012 issue of Entrepreneur, he has led the company’s creation of a comprehensive, easy-to-use suite of Integrated CloudCare solutions.
Previously, Saneii was General Manager of Websense Wireless, responsible for launching and growing the wireless division from the ground up, including developing new carrier-centric technology and product lines, and establishing new global distribution partners. As Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Websense, Inc., he redefined the company’s market positioning and helped guide it to global market dominance. In addition to his responsibility for all aspects of global marketing, Saneii oversaw strategy, mergers and acquisitions, OEM sales, and business development. As the founding GM of Websense Wireless, Saneii expanded the company’s vision to encompass the wireless revolution from a new perspective, and established Websense Wireless as a carrier-grade supplier of transformational technologies to the telco/wireless ecosystem worldwide.
Before joining Websense, Saneii served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Business Development at IPNet Solutions. In this role, he helped B2B supply chain businesses convert from using EDI to using secure supply chain collaboration and communication systems – introducing real-time information flow and eliminating significant waste throughout the chain.
Prior to his IPNet Solutions role, Saneii served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Business Development for IMA, Inc., focusing on CRM solutions. Saneii transformed IMA’s call center solutions into customer interaction centers by integrating all customer interactions and data, redefining the entire market sector.
Earlier in his career, Saneii held management positions at AT&T Bell Laboratories, DIS Research and FileNet Corporation (acquired by IBM).
Saneii earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, cum laude, from New York University, where he made Phi Beta Kappa and received the President’s Award. He earned a Master of Computer Science from Rutgers University.
He has played NCAA Division 1 Soccer, was Chief Driving Instructor for BMW Car Club of America’s New York Chapter, and has a Black Belt in Tae Kwan Do. Saneii lives in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., with his wife and two sons.

Links: www.independa.com