Colleagues,
Four members of the
MedTech-IQ community will be featured speakers at the upcoming
mHealth Summit along with
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH),
Dr. Roger Glass, Director, Fogarty International Center - NIH, and
Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Summit will be held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., 29-30 October. The
mHealth Summit, a public-private partnership of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, will focus on mobile technologies as a platform for health research and healthcare delivery.
MedTech-IQ members
Sriram Iyengar (Reducing Errors in Community Health Workers Using Rich Media Structured Guidelines on Cell Phones),
Eric Rasmussen (Ethics, Privacy and Security Challenges of Using Mobile Technologies in Health and Health Research),
Cynthia LeRouge(Use Smart Phones to Promote Diabetes Self-management for Robust Elderly in China: An Interdisciplinary Perspective), and
Adrian (Bob Leitch ... a highly regarded expert on technology and healthcare in developing countries) will be participating as speakers and panel members during the Summit. A link to the agenda can be found at:
https://medtechiq.ning.com/events/mhealth-summit-2009-mobile
Unfortunately registration to the Summit is closed.
However, if you wish to see a live videocast of the Summit you can use the following links;
mHealth Summit (Day 1)
http://videocast.nih.gov
Air date: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 8:00:00 AM
Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
mHealth Summit (Day 2)
http://videocast.nih.gov when the event is live.
Air date: Friday, October 30, 2009, 8:00:00 AM
Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
ENJOY!
CC