HXRefactored 2016: Full Schedule

HXRefactored 2016 Agenda

3:30pm EDT

Data Insights: Mining, Modeling and Visualizations

Data is uselss if it fails to inform, which is precisely what data experts are furiously working on: turning raw informatics into meaningful narratices that begin to shift our standards. From the individual to the population level, data is leading both policy and better decision making in the clincial sphere.

Moderators

Matthew Holt

Co-Founder, Health 2.0

Matthew Holt, Co-Chairman, @boltyboy, spent the 1990s learning from the best to be a health care futurist at Institute for the Future, and a survey researcher at Harris Interactive. In the early 2000s he spent time at a PHR start-up, but since he’s been the Founder of (and now occasional... Read More →

Speakers

Jennifer Gamble

Data Scientist, Ayasdi

Jennifer is a data scientist on the healthcare team at Ayasdi. Jennifer came to Ayasdi from North Carolina State University, where she received her PhD in Electrical Engineering. There her research focused on Topological Data Analysis. She is a frequent speaker at industry events... Read More →

Farid Jamshidian

Data Scientist, Amino

Farid is a data scientist at Amino, working to extract valuable insights from massive amounts of data to help patients make informed, confident decisions about their health care. Prior to joining Amino, Farid worked as a statistical scientist at Genentech Inc., conducting phase II... Read More →

Niraj Katwala

CTO and EVP, Talix

As Chief Technology Officer for Talix, Niraj is an accomplished software professional with more than 20 years of experience in the technology and healthcare industries. Prior to Talix, Niraj served as the CTO of Healthline, which was formerly the parent company of Talix. He was also... Read More →

Vinay Mohta

Co-founder and CTO, Kyruus

Vinay oversees all technical and engineering operations. He was previously at Kayak, where he led the development of a ‘Big Data’ predictive analytics platform for measuring the impact of the company’s multi-channel marketing efforts.

Sriram Vishwanath

President, Accordion Health

Sriram has been working in the informatics and predictive intelligence domains for over 17 years. At Accordion Health, he works with leading data scientists in the field to bring sophisticated predictive intelligence to provide actionable insights, enabling precision healthcare in... Read More →

Tuesday April 5, 2016 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Ballroom C In the breakout-room hallway

Technology Session

3:30pm EDT

Tracking the Body: Devices, Consumer Genomics, and Sensors

As tracking has become more mainstream, consumers who were once only curious about their heart rate at the gym are now interested in diving deeper and learning more. This session takes a look at the technical side of the latest in telehealth solutions, genomic platforms, and hacks in the world of sensors and devices.

Moderators

Rebecca Woodcock

Founder, CakeHealth

Rebecca is the Founder and CEO of CakeHealth, a web-app that provides transparency to healthcare coverage and expenses. Woodcock was recently named as one of "15 Women in Tech to Watch in 2012" by Inc. Magazine, and one of the "25 Hottest Silicon Valley Startup CEOs" by Business Insider... Read More →

Speakers

Aymen Elfiky

Co-founder and CMIO, Massive Bio

Dr Elfiky maintains an active clinical workload which he leverages with his formal informatics expertise to orchestrate practice and process innovation across the cancer care continuum at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). At the same time... Read More →

Dana Lewis

Founder, #OpenAPS, OpenAPS

Dana is the creator of #DIYPS, the Do-It-Yourself Pancreas System, and a founder of the #OpenAPS movement to make safe and effective basic Artificial Pancreas System (APS) technology more widely available. She also created and moderates #hcsm, the global health care social media community... Read More →

Niall O'Connor

CTO, Genospace

Niall is responsible for software development, engineering and security at Genospace. Genospace defines percision medicine. It's platform enables interpretation, analytics, reporting, and collaboration on high-dimenstional genomic and other biomedical data. Prior to Genospace he was... Read More →

Justin Pedro

Senior Technical Director, CloudDX

Justin is responsible for inspiring the Cloud DX technical team to realize the company vision of improving patient monitoring and personal health awareness by pushing the limits of mobile and wearable technology. He provided technical leadership on international projects with... Read More →

Samir Qamar

CEO, MedLion

Dr. Samir Qamar serves as Founder, CEO, and Chairman of tech startup MedWand Digital Health, after inventing the world's first telemedicine device that allows providers to remotely perform physical examinations. MedWand was cited by Frost & Sullivan as one of 2015’s top 10 healthcare... Read More →

Tuesday April 5, 2016 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Ballroom D In the breakout-room hallway

Technology Session

4:30pm EDT

Data Insights: Mining, Modeling, an Visualization (continued)

Data is useless if it failes to inform, which is precisely what data experets are fuiously working on: turning raw informatics into meaningful narratices that begin to shift our standars. From the individual to the population level, data is leadeing both policy and better decision making in the clinical sphere.

Moderators

Matthew Holt

Co-Founder, Health 2.0

Speakers

Jorge Caballero

Head of Data, Amino

Jorge believes that Americans need an unbiased partner on their side to help them navigate the health care system. He shares in Amino’s vision for making health care simple and intuitive by using data, design, and a whole lot of empathy. As Amino’s Head of Data and Medical Director... Read More →

Jennifer Gamble

Data Scientist, Ayasdi

Niraj Katwala

CTO and EVP, Talix

Vinay Mohta

Co-founder and CTO, Kyruus

Sriram Vishwanath

President, Accordion Health

Tuesday April 5, 2016 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Ballroom C In the breakout-room hallway

Technology Session

4:30pm EDT

Tracking the Body: Devices, Consumer Genomics, and Sensors (continued)

Speakers

Aymen Elfiky

Co-founder and CMIO, Massive Bio

Dana Lewis

Founder, #OpenAPS, OpenAPS

Niall O'Connor

CTO, Genospace

Justin Pedro

Senior Technical Director, CloudDX

Samir Qamar

CEO, MedLion

Tuesday April 5, 2016 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Ballroom D In the breakout-room hallway

Technology Session

10:30am EDT

DevOps for Health Care: Agile & Process Design

Continuous integration, continuous delivery, and the idea that developers cannot just throw software over the wall over to operations personnel to operate is nicely encompassed in a movement known as DevOps. Health tech teams try to create high quality, secure, and very safe software but the legacy approaches they use mean that it takes much longer than is necessary to create systems that patients and providers need to do their jobs. Join award-winning systems architect Shahid Shah as he interviews innovators, hospital IT staff, and other experts about how modern DevOps techniques can be used to delivery higher quality code faster and more safely.

Moderators

Shahid Shah

CEO, Netspective

Shahid Shah is a Government 2.0, Health IT, Medical Device Integration software expert with over 22 years of technology strategy, software engineering, entrepreneurship, speaking, and writing experience. He is a consultant to various federal agencies on IT matters and helped design... Read More →

Speakers

David Chao

Entrepreneur

David is an innovator, techologist, strategist, entrepreneur and company and culture builder. After five years of research as a theoretical particle physicist, he re-entered the technology space by joining seminal Austin start-up Trilogy, where he led the development of enterprise... Read More →

Julian Goldman

Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital

Paul Spencer

Developmental Director, POMIET

At POMIET, Paul manages and leads development teams from project inception to release delivery. He has over 17 years of software development experience.

Volodymyr Yelchev

Principal Architect, SoftServe

Volodymyr is responsible for ensuring the technology fo Delivery Organization are aligned to SoftServe's business goals as well as acting as a thought leader in technology solutions in Delivery Organization, supporting presale and consulting. He will discuss how modern DevOps techniques... Read More →

Wednesday April 6, 2016 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Ballroom C In the breakout-room hallway

Technology Session

10:30am EDT

The Health IoT: Remote Care and Mobile Solutions

Through new telehealth technologies and increased data analysis physicians are gaining insights into patients like never before, allowing them to facilitate early interventions, improve adherence, and reduce readmission rates -- not to mention at a price more affordable than ever. The companies you’ll hear from in this session are using a healthy and innovative mix of data, educational tools, sensors, and more to improve patient outcomes.

Moderators

Ashkan Afkhami

VP, General Manager Healthcare, Mobiquity, Inc

Speakers

Andrew Hooge

Senior Product Manager, Validic

Andrew helps lead the growth and management of their device and app partner products and experience. He previously led two successful startups in the health and fitness space focusing on improving health outcomes by integrating the use of mHealth and fitness devices with remote coaching... Read More →

Valeska Schroeder

SVP, Product Management, Vital Connect

Valeska is leading the Product Management organization that includes Strategic and Product Marketing, Clinical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, and Project Management. Valeska brings over 15 years experience in program management and product development roles. Previously, she worked at... Read More →

Kumar Subramanian

Chief Information and Technology Officer, Care Innovations

At Care Innovations, Kumar oversees IT systems and the development of our Health Harmony platform, leads the effort to ensure our analytics efforts are integrated, and facilitates the creation of an integration infrastructure that enables our systems, our client's systems, and third... Read More →

Manu Varma

Head of Marketing & Strategy, Philips

Manu is responsible for strategic planning, product and field marketing functions, and is the site leader for Hospital to Home’s Framingham operations. Previously, Manu led strategy and business development function for Philips’ Therapeutic Care businesses, comprising Anesthesia... Read More →

Wednesday April 6, 2016 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Ballroom D In the breakout-room hallway

Technology Session

11:30am EDT

DevOps for Health Care: Agile & Process Design (continued)

Moderators

Shahid Shah

CEO, Netspective

Speakers

David Chao

Entrepreneur

Julian Goldman

Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital

Paul Spencer

Developmental Director, POMIET

At POMIET, Paul manages and leads development teams from project inception to release delivery. He has over 17 years of software development experience.

Volodymyr Yelchev

Principal Architect, SoftServe

Wednesday April 6, 2016 11:30am - 12:20pm EDT
Ballroom C In the breakout-room hallway

Technology Session

11:30am EDT

The Health IoT: Remote Care and Mobile Solutions (continued)

Moderators

Ashkan Afkhami

VP, General Manager Healthcare, Mobiquity, Inc

Speakers

Andrew Hooge

Senior Product Manager, Validic

Valeska Schroeder

SVP, Product Management, Vital Connect

Kumar Subramanian

Chief Information and Technology Officer, Care Innovations

Manu Varma

Head of Marketing & Strategy, Philips

Wednesday April 6, 2016 11:30am - 12:20pm EDT
Ballroom D In the breakout-room hallway

Technology Session

1:45pm EDT

Free the Data: Access & Integration

Utilizing the power of data can empower patients and arm developers in the creation of new tools and platforms. Whether it’s authenticating data, downloading it via BlueButton, or connecting data with other applications using BlueButton on FHIR, increased data accessibility is a win for everyone. Presenters will give an overview of the opportunities and challenges that exist today and share the newest technologies and initiatives that are overcoming them.

Moderators

Adrian Gropper

CEO, HealthURL Consulting

Adrian is CTO of Patient Privacy Rights, a global organization representing 10 million patients, and is is a pioneer in patient-centered and patient-controlled health records on the Internet. He holds an engineering degree from MIT and an MD from Harvard Medical School.Dr. Gropper... Read More →

Speakers

Aashima Gupta

Vice President, Digital Transformation , HealthCare, Apigee

Aashima Gupta leads the digital transformation strategy and execution for the HealthCare vertical at Apigee. Her charter is to identify transformative opportunities in the digital health economy to reshape business strategies for extended Healthcare stakeholders.Previously, Aashima... Read More →

Jonathan Hare

Founder & CEO, WebShield

Jonathan is a serial entrepreneur and technology executive, and has held a variety of executive roles spanning strategy, product management, software development, strategic alliances, and marketing over a twenty year career. Jonathan has broad expertise in Internet and enterprise... Read More →

Peter Levin

CEO, Amida Technology Solutions

Peter L. Levin is the founder and CEO of Amida Technology Solutions, an information technology firm that focuses on data interoperability and digital platform strategies. From May 2009 until March 2013 he served as Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Chief Technology Officer of the... Read More →

Mark Scrimshire

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, US Department of Health and Human Services/CMS

As Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the US Department of Health and Human Services, Mark is on a mission at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to improve the access to health-information for 50 million Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries using BlueButton and other web technologies... Read More →

Wednesday April 6, 2016 1:45pm - 3:00pm EDT
Ballroom C In the breakout-room hallway

Technology Session

1:45pm EDT

Working with Cloud-based Platforms

Cloud-computing has opened up a world of possibilities in the health care arena by offering more efficient and affordable solutions for data access, storage, sharing, and management. Leading companies give examples of how their cloud-based solutions are solving some of today’s biggest problems in health care and helping companies overcome common barriers in the transition to cloud-based technology.

Moderators

Matthew Holt

Co-Founder, Health 2.0

Shahid Shah

CEO, Netspective

Speakers

Gil Addo

Cofounder & CEO, RubiconMD

Gil is CEO of RubiconMD, a platform for connecting primary care providers to specialists for e-consults. He is passionate about improving access to the right medical expertise. Formerly a Consultant at Putnam Associates, a pharma strategy consultancy, Gil designed payer and market... Read More →

Pete Eggleston

SVP, US Commercial Products, Aptus Health

Over the last 20 years, Pete has served in various sales and marketing leadership positions throughout the high-tech industry, including Founder and CEO of AdME, Inc., VP of Sales & Marketing for Sonic Network, Inc., and Senior Director of Business Development at Millivision, LLC... Read More →

Aaron Moronez

Lead Developer, AthenaHealth

Aaron has been a developer with athenahealth since 2001. He is currently Lead Developer on the More Disruption Please (MDP) program, which aims to create an ecosystem of healthcare partners interfacing with athenahealth's systems through open RESTful API calls. He is excited to share... Read More →

John Riney

Technical Evangelist, PokitDok

With 15 years of experience with projects involving the entire software cycles, John works on crafing solutions and developing softwares that will help bring healthcare to the next level.

Niko Skievaski

Co-founder, Redox

Niko is a co-founder of Redox, a modern API layer for EHR integration. Located in Madison, WI, Redox is in the land of beer, cheese, and health tech. He spent is formative years at Epic where he analyzed pricing, taught healthcare economics, and was a staffer to some of Epic's top... Read More →

Wednesday April 6, 2016 1:45pm - 3:00pm EDT
Ballroom D In the breakout-room hallway

Technology Session

3:00pm EDT

Free the Data: Access & Integration (continued)

Continuation into the second hour.

Utilizing the power of data can empower patients and arm developers in the creation of new tools and platforms. Whether it’s authenticating data, downloading it via BlueButton, or connecting data with other applications using BlueButton on FHIR, increased data accessibility is a win for everyone. Presenters will give an overview of the opportunities and challenges that exist today and share the newest technologies and initiatives that are overcoming them.

Moderators

Adrian Gropper

CEO, HealthURL Consulting

Speakers

Aashima Gupta

Vice President, Digital Transformation , HealthCare, Apigee

Jonathan Hare

Founder & CEO, WebShield

Peter Levin

CEO, Amida Technology Solutions

Mark Scrimshire

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, US Department of Health and Human Services/CMS

Wednesday April 6, 2016 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Ballroom C In the breakout-room hallway

Technology Session

3:00pm EDT

Working with Cloud-based Platforms (continued)

Continuation into the second hour.

Cloud-computing has opened up a world of possibilities in the health care arena by offering more efficient and affordable solutions for data access, storage, sharing, and management. Leading companies give examples of how their cloud-based solutions are solving some of today’s biggest problems in health care and helping companies overcome common barriers in the transition to cloud-based technology.

Moderators

Technology Session