Eighth Annual Healthcare Unbound Conference Features Innovative Applications of Remote Monitoring, Home Telehealth, mHealth, eHealth and Social Media for Managing Diseases, Promoting Wellness & Facilitating Accountable Care

ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif., June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Eighth Annual Healthcare Unbound Conference & Exhibition, organized by The Center for Business Innovation (TCBI), will focus on networks, platforms and applications for technology-enabled participatory medicine. The conference will take place at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, CA on July 11-12, 2011. Attendees will include executives and clinicians from hospitals, home care agencies and other postacute care facilities; employers, health plans, population health management and disease management companies; long-term care facilities and retirement communities; medical device companies; healthcare IT companies; consumer technology companies; remote monitoring, home telehealth, mHealth, eHealth and social media companies; the financial community; consultants; and academics.

Healthcare Unbound Defined

Consumer and healthcare technologies are driving opportunities to serve patients in new ways and in new settings.  Forrester Research coined the term "Healthcare Unbound" to encompass the trends toward technology-aided self-care, mobile care and home care, defining it as "technology in, on and around the body that frees care from formal institutions." This rapidly evolving technology field includes sensor technology, wearable computing, home-based health monitoring solutions, and wellness and lifestyle support solutions.

About the Conference

"Healthcare Unbound technologies provide value to patients and purchasers. The U.S. health care system is transforming in the trenches to shift away from rewarding volume of services and toward rewarding value. Healthcare Unbound technologies are essential to enabling the shift from volume to value," said Vince Kuraitis, JD, MBA, Principal, Better Health Technologies, a conference chairperson, advisory board member and keynote speaker.

The program has approximately 60 speakers. Sessions will include in-depth coverage of technology-enabled chronic care management and wellness promotion, the role of Healthcare Unbound technologies in facilitating accountable care and patient centered medical homes, legal/regulatory and reimbursement issues, payer, employer and financier perspectives, and much more. The Conference features an Aging Services educational track that is co-sponsored by LeadingAge (formerly AAHSA) and the Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST).

This year's Healthcare Unbound Conference is co-located with TCBI's Business Intelligence & Analytics for Healthcare Conference & Exhibition: Managing Data to Drive Quality, Financial Performance & Accountable Care.

Nationally Recognized Keynote Speakers

Keynote speakers include high-level representatives from AT&T, Better Health Technologies, Blue Shield of California, Continua Health Alliance, Critical Mass Consulting, GreatCall, Intel-GE Care Innovations, Kaiser Permanente, LeadingAge, Partners HealthCare and the UCLA Wireless Health Institute.

Registration Information

Full details on the event, including registration, are available at www.tcbi.org.  For additional information, please contact TCBI:  Ph: 310.265.2570  Email: [email protected].  

Complimentary Press Passes

TCBI is currently offering free press passes to this event. If interested in receiving a press pass, please contact TCBI:  Ph: 310.265.2570  Email: [email protected].  

About TCBI

The Center for Business Innovation (TCBI) organizes conferences and exhibitions for the U.S. and international markets. For additional information, please visit www.tcbi.org.  

SOURCE TCBI