8:00 – 8:15 a.m. WELCOME/INTRODUCTIONS

eCare@Home: Bridge to Future Sustainability
Presenter: Beth Hennessey, Executive Director, Integrated Chronic Care, Sutter Care at Home
Healthcare reform is a call for healthcare delivery reform. Sustainable care delivery models of the future must achieve positive and preferred care experiences, high quality health outcomes, and cost containment. Leaders of home and community based services are in a unique position to answer this call if we embrace a blue print for genuine reform that results in a patient centered, evidence based, coordinated care delivery system. Imperative to this model’s success in the integration of technology as a pillar of care delivery that supports chronic care management outside and beyond health facilities.
Veteran service provider and innovator Beth Hennessey will open the conference by presenting an achievable blueprint for eCare@Home upon which senior living and home care providers can develop business models to sustain services into the future.

Leaning Objectives:
• Discuss unique role of home and community based services in current and future care delivery reform.
• Define the role of technology in care delivery, care integration, and care transitions
• Review the principles and tenets of an innovative, comprehensive care delivery model being replicated by providers throughout the nation
• Review outcomes attained with model implementation
• Discuss application of model in current and future home and community based services

 

9:30 – 10:30 a.m. CONCURRENT EDUCATION SESSIONS

1A – eCare@Home Model: Partners Healthcare at Home Connected Cardiac Care Program
Presenter: Kathy Duckett, RN, BSN, Director of Clinical Programs, Partners HealthCare at Home
Connected Cardiac Care is a Partners’ initiative for the management of heart failure patients at risk for hospitalization. The program
uses remote monitoring to reduce hospital admissions by providing timely intervention and improving patients understanding of their condition. The CCCP has proven its effectiveness in meeting these objectives and is becoming a standard practice at the time of patient discharge for high risk heart failure Partners HealthCare patients. This session will outline the CCCP eCare@Home model and present some of the most significant available evidence showing improved health outcomes, reduced hospitalizations, and patient empowerment.

Learning Objectives:
• Learn key elements for a successful tech-enabled care management model in partnership with hospitals and health systems
• Identify relevant opportunities for aging services and home care providers
• Gather operational considerations for determining return on investment
• Understand how this tech-enabled model could support participation in an Accountable Care Organization (ACO)

 

 

1B – Model eHealth Community in Affordable Senior Housing
Presenters: Kari Olson, CIO, Front Porch; President, Front Porch Center for Technology Innovation & Wellbeing; and Member, AgeTech
California Advisory Council
Davis Park, Director, Front Porch Center for Technology Innovation & Wellbeing
Making technology-enabled services available to older adults living in affordable senior housing communities has a unique set of challenges and barriers, not the least of which is limited resources. Hear how one senior living provider is tackling these challenges head-on. The Front Porch Center for Technology Innovation & Wellbeing (FPCTIW) supported by funding from the California Telehealth Network has developed a Model eHealth Community for Aging (MeHCA) to proactively support the health and wellness needs and improve access to care for an underserved population of seniors in Koreatown, Los Angeles. Together with many local partners, FPCIW is leveraging broadband-enabled technology to empower a community of providers to extend existing business models and services to create a coordinated and comprehensive ecosystem of health and wellness resources.

Learning Objectives:
• Learn how a senior living provider is leveraging technology to bring home and community based services and health care resources to residents in affordable senior housing
• Understand the kinds of technologies deployed and how to maximize their effectiveness
• Gain insights for developing key partnerships and leverage existing local resources for your affordable housing communities

 

 

10:45 – 11:45 a.m. CONCURRENT EDUCATION SESSIONS

2A – eCare@Home Model: CMS Home Telehealth Demonstration Project
Presenter: Lori Smet, MN, RN, CCM, Case Manager Coord., Wenatchee Valley Medical Center
Wenatchee Valley Medical Center (WVMC) developed a successful chronic disease care-management model with the Health Buddy® Program through a CMS Demonstration Project. WVMC’s strategy for chronic disease management includes care coordination, regular patient interaction with a nurse, health coach, or case manager (rather than only with a physician), and self-management tools for the patients utilizing information technology. This session will outline WVMC’s eCare@Home model and present some of the most significant available evidence showing improved health outcomes, reduced hospitalizations, and patient empowerment.

Learning Objectives:
• Learn proactive interventions for different risk groups in the Continuum of Care
• Identify components of a successful home telehealth program
• Understand value that home telehealth can bring to the practice of case management

 

 

2B – Infusing an eCare Model into Practice
Presenter: Paula Suter, Director, Chronic Care Management, Sutter Care at Home
Installing technology such as remote monitoring telehealth and medication dispensing equipment is only the first step when implementing a technology-enabled care delivery model which can realize outcomes of the triple aim of healthcare reform – experience, quality and cost reduction, while empowering patients and promoting disease self-management. This session will drill down to the nuts and bolts of how to use technology to realize these outcomes for patients with chronic diseases. An overview of agency processes needed to operationalize a true patient-centered delivery model supported by technology will be provided.

Learning Objectives:
• Evaluate technology’s role in helping identify the right patient for the right intervention
• Discuss methods of improving staff buy-in with technology-assisted patient-centered care
• Review an aggressive use of technology in a homecare agency environment to achieve superior patient outcomes
• Outline specific data elements to share with stakeholder partners for value in care transitions and medical home models

 

 

12:00 – 1:30 p.m. LUNCHEON (EXHIBIT HALL)

Luncheon – Interactive Technology Exhibitor Interviews:
What’s Prime Now & What’s Around the Corner for Successful eCare@Home?
Facilitators: Cindy Campbell, Associate Director Operational Consulting, Fazzi Associates  
Tim Rowan, Editor, Home Care Technology Report
The field of personal health and eCare technologies is rapidly evolving and is projected to be one of the fastest growing industries in coming years. There have been several new entrants into this space over the last 12 months with more on the way. Existing firms are continually bringing out new features and products, while a common “platform” is still to be determined. In this interactive luncheon session, industry buffs Cindy Campbell and Tim Rowan will provide brief opening remarks to set the context then facilitate “hot-seat” interviews with panels of technology exhibitors. Questions will explore the latest available technology capacities and what is expected around the corner in technology-enabled care and services to older adults and persons living with chronic conditions.

Learning Objectives:
• Gain an understanding of the state-of-the-art of eCare technologies and the future direction of development
• Hear what technology companies believe are the most important breakthroughs and challenges for the field
• Have your questions answered and learn from the questions and insights of your provider colleagues

 

 

1:45 – 3:15 p.m. CONCURRENT EDUCATION SESSIONS

3A –Implementing Patient-Centered Technology Interventions for Older Adults: Lessons Learned
Presenters: David Lindeman, PhD, Director, Center for Technology and Aging Panel of CTA Remote Patient Jeremy Rich, DPM, HealthCare Partners
Institute for Applied Research and Education
Kathleen Sullivan, RN MSN, VP Administration, CHW/Central Coast Service Areas, Member, AgeTech California Advisory Council
Janelle Howe, Director, Disease Management, HealthCare Partners
This panel will present findings from the Center for Technology and Aging’s Technology Diffusion Grants Program, focusing on the use of patient-centered technology to improve chronic disease management among older adults. Individual grantees will discuss initial findings, including barriers and facilitators of implementation, core business models, and implications for sustainability.

Learning Objectives
• Understand innovative patient-centered technology interventions for chronic disease management in older adults
• Describe barriers and facilitators in implementing new patient-centered technology in long-term care and home care
• List potential benefits for agency staff and older adults in using patient-centered technology interventions to enhance chronic disease management

 

 

3B – Medication Safety and Mobile Charting in an eCare Delivery System
There are many software-based programs and hardware components that are integral for developing tech-enabled service models. This panel session will cover two distinct intervention systems that can support effective eCare models and promote positive client health outcomes.

HomeMeds: Medication Safety Software and Intervention
Presenter: Sandy Atkins, VP, Institute for Change, Partners In Care Foundation HomeMeds is an evidence-based medication optimization intervention with a software core, aimed at reviewing medications and signs and symptoms for possible problems that can cause falls, confusion and other adverse effects that impede independent living. Learn how with the collaboration of a pharmacist, an average of 60% of identified problems are resolved.

Mobile Charting: When Warm Hearts Meet Cold Computers
Presenters: Jeff Engle, Holland Home, Grand Rapids MI; Doc DeVore, AOD Software
Many providers are interested in going “paperless” or “paper light” with a brand new EHR, but are afraid to start or don’t
know where to start. Hear how one provider successfully implemented mobile charting on their senior living campus.

Learning Objectives
• Understand why older adults need medication risk screening and intervention
• Learn how to implement a medication management improvement system and software
• What to plan for in Electronic Health Records and likely challenges to overcome
• Seeing the potential for better outcomes and reduced costs through mobile charting
• Understand network infrastructure including cost of equipment & cost of support

 

 

3:30 – 4:30 p.m. CLOSING KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Keynote Presentation: Achieving eCare@Home: The Innovation Imperatives
Presenter: Joseph Smith, MD, PhD, Chief Medical and Science Officer West Wireless Health Institute
The United States spends $2.4 trillion annually on health care with chronic disease accounting for 75 percent of this staggering bill. These costs are simply unsustainable. To change the game, we need to usher in a new era of health care innovation. The West Wireless Health Institute (WWHI) is an independently-funded, nonprofit medical research organization focused on lowering health care costs through technology and innovation. Wireless health encompasses end-to-end solutions that facilitate continuous access to health care information, expert advice, or therapeutic intervention— enabled by remote sensing, ubiquitous telecommunications networks, and smart systems and platforms. Dr. Joseph Smith will inspire and challenge you to play a role in this movement.

Learning Objectives:
• Learn the greatest issues to be addressed, and greatest opportunities for impact
• Understand the innovations and changes required to realize a new technology-enabled paradigm of living, health and care
• Hear WWHI’s vision to create a new “infrastructure-independence” model of health care, which translates into the right care, at the right time, wherever people need it

 

 

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. NETWORKING HAPPY HOUR (EXHIBIT HALL)

2 free conference registrations, or one free exhibit booth + 1 registration
Recognition in onsite brochure (if sponsor by 11/8/11)
Recognition on AgeTech California conference website
PowerPoint logo recognition at general session

One free exhibit booth or conference registration
Recognition in onsite brochure (if sponsor by 11/8/11)
Recognition on AgeTech California conference website
PowerPoint logo recognition at general session

One free conference registration
Recognition in onsite brochure (if sponsor by 11/8/11)
Recognition on AgeTech California conference website
PowerPoint logo recognition at general session

EXHIBITOR INFORMATION
Technology Exhibitor Opportunities

• Network with an expected target audience of 125 attendees
• Gain access to long term care provider decision-makers
• Increase awareness of your company’s products and services
• Demonstrate your company’s commitment to best practices

For complete details & to register, download the Exhibitor Prospectus at: http://www.agetechca.com/files/AgeTech.Prospectus.pdf

To view a virtual floor plan of the exhibit hall and available booths, please CLICK HERE.

For questions regarding sponsorships/exhibiting, please contact Soua Vang at svang@cahsah.org or (916) 641-5795 ext 122.