Session Description
Opportunities and Obstacles for Using Remote Monitoring and AI to Enable Sustained Integrated Telehealth
Telehealth has seen a rapid growth period in the last a couple of years globally, partly propelled by the pandemic. Now many patients and healthcare providers have seen the potential benefits of telehealth, many people are in the process to drive sustained growth of this new paradigm of healthcare. The panel will be focused on two key enabling factors of the future growth of integrated telehealth, i.e., remote monitoring and AI. They will use specific cases to
discuss the Opportunities and Obstacles in the development, deployment, and commercialization of these technologies.
Speaker Biographies
Shereese Maynard is the Co-founder of NostraData Medical, a healthcare technology startup. Shereese also has a minority stake in HIT Like A Girl pod, a community platform for women in
the health technology industry. A top 30 healthcare technology influencer rated by Health Tech Magazine, Shereese applies her expertise to help healthcare organizations scale and thrive in the health IT market. She advises startups and nonprofits on physician and patient engagement strategies. Shereese has worked in roles from tech consultant to executive leadership. Her work focuses on improving quality, efficiency, and patient safety in both Medicaid and Medicare programs across multiple
states. Shereese is highly sought-after as a keynote speaker and writer in areas of expertise that include healthcare data governance and strategy, health IT strategies and development, and big data analytics. She actively advocates for women’s advancement in the health IT sector, and currently serves as ambassador for Women in Data Science and is passionate about creating opportunities for women.
Jiang Li, Ph.D., is
founder and CEO of Vivalink, Inc., a provider of human vital data solutions for virtual healthcare applications. He holds 11 patents related to healthcare in three fundamental areas: wearable sensor technology, product features and design, and health data algorithms. Vivalink was created based on a belief that a simple digital link could build a communication bridge capable of sharing valuable diagnostic and monitoring information, empowering patients to be more involved while enjoying their
normal lives. Prior to founding Vivalink in 2014, Li was vice president of Engineering at Thin Film Electronics and at Kovio, managing product and technology development in sensor technology and IoT, and trailblazing flexible electronics technology. Rising to the role of vice president of Product Engineering at Spansion, he was responsible for managing a $1.8 billion and accelerated product development speed by 50 percent. He is a published author and speaker in the fields of remote patient
monitoring and telemedicine. As an expert in building a company with expertise across multifaceted fields of technology, IoT, medical regulatory requirements, data analytics and product development, his commentary is regarded among his peers as insightful and innovative. Li earned his BS in Chemical Engineering from Zhejiang University, and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, in 1998.
Prasad Kothari is an analytics and data science leader & Author who has worked extensively building high-performing teams for various organizations and has provided consulting to many fortune 500 clients. Currently, he focuses on helping clients realize the value of data science & blockchain to solve priority business problems, including healthcare analytics, customer analytics, marketing analytics, RWE/RWD, and supply chain analytics. Prasad has published
healthcare data science research papers across leading journals, as well as books on AI. He has collaborated with several universities in the US and given guest lectures on Quantum Machine Learning, NLP/NLU, topological data analysis and computer vision research. He spends his weekends reading AI books and listening to Indian classical music.
