Spring Success Stories in Health Technology: Four Speakers Scheduled

Our next Meet Up on March 11 will feature "Spring Success Stories in Health Technology':

Agenda:

6:00-7:00 PM - Networking & Refreshments

7:00-7:10 PM - Announcements & Introduction

7:10-8:30 PM - Presentations

8:30-9:00 PM - Networking w/ Speakers

We will start with an hour of networking with soft and hard drinks, hot and cold food, provided by our generous hosts, Troutman Sanders.

Our speakers are:

Kevin MacDonald, Founder & CEO of KitCheck (http://kitcheck.com/) in Washington, DC, who will discuss Medication Visibility and Tracking in the Acute Care Setting.

A true local success story, DC-based KitCheck raised $12 million of Series B venture capital this January, led by Kaiser Permanente Ventures. KitCheck provides cloud and RFID based solutions to tracking medications in the emergency department and anesthesiology.

Bradley Merrill Thompson of the Clinical Decision Support Coalition (http://cdscoalition.org/) in Washington, DC. The Coalition's mission is to ensure that clinical decision-making software does not become over-regulated while still ensuring patient safety and enabling the advancement of innovative decision support tools that improve patient care. If the user is not substantially dependent on the software the CDS software should not be regulated.

Mr. Thompson, a lawyer with Epstein Becker Green (http://www.ebglaw.com/), counsels medical device, drug, and combination product companies on a wide range of FDA regulatory, reimbursement, and clinical trial issues.

Sanjay Prasad, MD (http://www.mpowerhc.com/our-leadership/), Founder and CEO of MPowerHC (http://www.mpowerhc.com/) in Rockville, MD. MPowerHC is a healthcare technology company that is revolutionizing health care through an online bidding platform. It is forcing surgeons, dentists, and radiology facilities to compete to render care. Patients now have the ability to choose their surgeon or dentist based on quality metrics and bundled pricing. MPowerHC has recently automated this previously manual process, and is providing a powerful solution to a complex problem. (http://colingtonsecurity.com/)

Jay Hodes (http://colingtonsecurity.com/why-choose-us/experts-in-hipaa-compliance/), President & Founder of Colington Security Consulting (http://colingtonsecurity.com/) in Burke, VA. Mr. Hodes will discuss HIPAA and Health IT: What You Should Know as a Business Associate . With technology moving much faster than government regulations can keep up; find out what your organization needs to know in order to get and remain HIPAA compliant.

Mr. Hodes has over 30 years of combined experience in risk assessments, site security evaluation, policy and procedures assessments, and Federal law enforcement management. He is the former Assistant Inspector General for Investigations at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG).

We look forward to seeing you on March 11.