Luncheon Keynote

      "The Imperative for Innovation"

Distinguished Speaker:
Mohit Kaushal, MD, MBA, EVP, Business Development, Chief Strategy Officer, West Wireless Health Institute

How can technology enable great health outcomes at a lower cost? Industry is starting to recognize that mobile health technologies (as stand-alone gadgets) are not the answer. Instead, the focus is shifting towards delivering outcomes via an end-to-end system of "technology-enabled care coordination." The potential to streamline, facilitate, and lower the cost of managing chronic conditions is huge, as is the opportunity to shift away from our current health care system of acute care in expensive facilities, and towards an infrastructure independent model where we can deliver the right care, at the right time, wherever people are (at home, at work, etc.). Wireless technology brings that capability - to provide continuous care, to integrate diagnostics, monitoring and medication compliance into people's daily lives. In this intriguing Keynote, you will see exactly how wireless is a system-enabler for reaching people long before their condition degenerates to the point where they need acute care.

About the speaker:  Dr. Mohit Kaushal is Executive Vice President of Business Development and Chief Strategy Officer of the West Wireless Health Institute. As a member of the executive leadership team, he is identifying and pursuing business development opportunities that will advance the Institute's mission of lowering health care costs. In addition, he and his team are developing and executing the organization's strategic plan to accelerate the availability of wireless health solutions to patients and families.

Dr. Kaushal has had an extensive career within clinical medicine, academic research, venture capital, public health and health policy. Previously, he was Director of Connected Health at the Federal Communications Commission, where his team produced the Health Care chapter of the National Broadband Plan and initiated collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration for the regulatory streamlining of converged telecommunication and medical devices. Prior to this position, he was an investment professional at Polaris Venture Partners, and held roles with Merrill Lynch's Health Care IBD Group and the World Health Organization.

Dr. Kaushal currently serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University, with a focus on connected health clinical research, and he is a member of the Johns Hopkins University Biomedical Engineering Industrial Liaison Advisory Board. He holds an MBA from Stanford and an MD with distinction from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London.