The Surgeon Can See You Now, Anywhere

December 5, 2011

AR Watson, MD, MLitt, FACS, FACHE Division of Colorectal Surgery

Vice-President, International and Commercial Services Executive Director, Telemedicine

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Medical Director, Center for Connected Medicine

TAKING MEDICINE BACK TO THE PATIENTS

The great opportunity

TAKING MEDICINE BACK TO THE PATIENTS

Healthcare Reform

Pervasive Computing and Communications

Consumer Electronics Market

The great opportunity

TAKING MEDICINE BACK TO THE PATIENTS

Why Telemedicine

TAKING MEDICINE BACK TO THE PATIENTS

Wound check Last week

We Must Be Scientific

TAKING MEDICINE BACK TO THE PATIENTS

Virtual Practice Last Week

Telemedicine Clinics Rounding

Overall number 166 89

Originating locations 3 10

Destination locations 3 1

Satisfaction 98% 95%

Diagnoses 21 11

Cases captured 35 (27) n/a

Technical failures 2 2

Patients refusing telemedicine 1 (0) 0

Travel time / money saved 498 h / $21,546 ?? / ??

Outcomes

Center for Connected Medicine

Founding Partners

Strategic Partners

Center for Connected Medicine Pittsburgh, PA (www.connectedmed.com)

Virtual is a Natural Evolution

I Can See you Anywhere

TAKING MEDICINE BACK TO THE PATIENTS

Mobility includes telemedicine

Virtual point of care