Wireless, RFID and Information Technologies are being increasingly used in healthcare for monitoring health of patients, keeping track of medical equipment, finding nurses or doctors in hospitals, tracking blood for blood banks, tracking e-pedigree of drugs, prevention of counterfeit of medicines, etc. Benefits of using these technologies in hospitals include improvement of healthcare quality, cost reduction, medication error reduction, increased operational efficiency, improved billing accuracy, rapid location of assets/personnel, increased through-put of patients, reduction in counterfeit medications, etc.

The technologies of Wireless, RFID and I.T. systems that support the Healthcare Industry are therefore getting the attention of Chief Medical Officers, Healthcare Chief Information Officers, Chief Enterprise Risk Officers, Quality Improvement Directors, and, Medical Practitioners at Hospitals, Healthcare providing organizations, Insurance Companies, Health Quality monitoring organizations, Pharmacies, etc. While these technologies connect to the last mile, the data they generate is put to use along with the medical process flow and healthcare business logic along with various database-enabled secure systems such as Electronic Health Records or Electronic Medical Records (EHR, EMR) to provide value to the healthcare organization and their employees. The WINMEC Healthcare/Medicine initiative aims to bring together U.S.-based leaders in Healthcare to share ideas on how Wireless/RFID/information technologies can help this industry over the next 10 years.

Speaker Nominations are open : Nominate a Speaker

Current Speakers

Ramakrishna (Ram) Akella	Professor & Director	UCSC
David Butler	Chair	HIMSS RFID Special Interest Group
Scott Coffin	Director, LMOD Operations	Blue Shield of California
Leonardo Estevez	Wireless Technology Strategist	Texas Instruments
Valeriy Nenov	Professor, Division of Neurosurgery	UCLA
Manish Rai	Director of Product Marketing	Motorola

Current Speakers in RFID Executive Forum

Sylvain Bureau	Professor	ESCP-EAP
John Compisi	Director Solutions Consulting - Americas	Savi Technology-A Lockheed Martin Company
Rajit Gadh	Professor & Director	UCLA - WINMEC
Marty Holyfield	Sr. Systems Engineer - SEIT	Northrop Grumman Space and Mission System
Uday Karmarkar	Research Director - CMIE, Professor	UCLA Anderson School of Management
Terry Mohn	Enterprise Architect/Technology Strategist	Sempra Energy/The Gas Company
Matt Montour	IT Development Manager	Maersk
Tim Newsom	Global Marketing Retail & Supply Chain	NXP Semiconductors
Mike O'Shea	Global Director, Auto-ID Sensing Technologies	Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Brian Hajime Ogata	Chair	WCA RFID Special Interest Group
Guillaume Oget	RFID Solutions Manager	Hewlett Packard
Seog-Chan Oh	Researcher	General Motors
Jeff Schaengold	Senior RFID Product Manager	Siemens Energy & Automation
Emily Sopensky	Business consultant	The Iris Company, IEEE RFID
Edward Thompson	Director of IP Licensing	HP
Victor Vega	Director, Technical Marketing	Alien Technology Corporation
Theresa Weiss	Terminal Systems Coordinator	Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

Healthcare speakers at previous WINMEC forums:

John Wade	VP/CIO	Saint Luke's Health System
Dave Marzouk	RFID Solution Director	SAP
In Mun	VP Research & Technology	AHMC
Ken Reich	Director of Global Marketing & Public Relations	TAGSYS
Richard Schaeffer	Vice President and Chief Information Officer	St. Clair Hospital
Salil Pradhan	CTO HP RFID Program	Hewlett Packard,
J. Aaron Graham	VP & CSO	Purdue Pharma L.P.
Lew Kontnik	Dir. Brand Protection/Bus Continuity	Amgen
Scott Blanchette	VP, CTO and CSO	Healthways
Steve Cooper	CIO	American Red Cross
David Muntz	SVP & CIO	Baylor Health Care System
Gary Ahwah	CIO	PacifiCare, A UnitedHealthcare

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