Conference Abstracts 2007
Nursing Innovation through Technology: Ideas to Implementation
Over the past two decades healthcare organizations,professional associations and the Institute of Medicine have warned the American public that failure [MORE]
Sick Care Today, Healthcare Tomorrow
Health care today is an oxymoron. People seek out assistance when they have a problem, which creates stressors and [MORE]
Creating a World Class Information System in a Hospital Environment
Violating Conventional Wisdom
This is the story of how violating conventional wisdom resulted in successfully building a hospital clinical information [MORE]
Eyegaze in Medical Applications
Our brains have highly precise control of our eyes. And our eyes are the only parts of our brains that [MORE]
Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)
Innovative Intersection of Endoscopy and Laparoscopy or Deadend?
What is NOTES? Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is vying to be [MORE]
Wireless Ambulatory Monitoring “Anytime-Anywhere”
Unique Perspectives On Remote Monitoring To Engage Consumers and Providers
The combined effects of soaring healthcare costs, an aging population, the [MORE]
Trends in Computer-Assisted Surgery: Past, Present and Future
In this talk, Dr. Hager will outline some of the technical and commercial challenges in developing surgical assistance systems. Participants [MORE]
5 Healthcare Trends that Will Shake the World and Reshape Your Organization
In this session, Dr. Crounse shares his perspectives on leading healthcare trends and, more importantly, the impact these trends will [MORE]
Automated Retrieval of Viable Microorganism Samples: the Ice Pick
Modern genetics and genomics research increasingly depends on large collections of recombinant microorganisms such as the bacterium Escherichia coli, transformed [MORE]
Create Dangerously: Health System Transformation
Americans want better healthcare and are waking up to the need to fundamentally transform our current healthcare delivery system. But [MORE]
Current Concepts in Pharmacy Automation
Automation options for inpatient pharmacy dispensing and medication preparation continue to evolve. Technologies exist that can automate unit dose dispensing, [MORE]
Eldercare Technologies: Vision, Challenges, and Possibilities
This presentation puts forward a CAST’s vision for technology-enabled care. The presentation will review classes of enabling technologies, discuss problems [MORE]
Non-Intrusive Health Monitoring for Post-Battle Wellness Management
AFrame Digital is an early-stage company that is developing an innovative end-to-end wireless, mobile health monitoring system. The system consists [MORE]
Software Solutions for Home Health Care
Learning Objectives a. Connecting the Care team. The audience will understand how software is used to connect the care team [MORE]